Examining the relationship between traumatic life events and coping attitudes in university students

The relationship between traumatic life events and coping attitudes of university students has been examined. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between traumatic life events and coping attitudes of university students. A total of 200 participants, including 100 women and 100 men, consisting of students of Istanbul Development University, were reached for the research. In the study, the traumas of the participants were determined using the Life Events Checklist-5 and their coping attitudes were examined by considering gender, age and educational variable. The research data were collected via Google Form. As a result of the statistics , it was concluded that there is a significant relationship between the Coping Attitudes Assessment Scale and the Life Events Checklist. The results show that women are exposed to higher levels of life events than men and that women exhibit higher levels of self-help coping attitudes than men. Keywords:Trauma, Coping, Traumatic event