SUMMARY
The main purpose of this was to investigate the role of social problem solving as a mediator or a moderator of percieved stress and psychological well-being in university students. The participants of this study consisted of 350 females and 164 males, a total of 514 university students. Their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. Data were collected by using the Percieved Stres Inventory (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised Short Form (D’Zurilla, Nezu, & Maydeu-Olivares, 2002) and Scales of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989). The results indicated that the percieved stress was negatively correlated with the social problem and the psychological well-being. The social problem solving was positively correlated with the psychological well-being. Hierarchial regression analysis showed that social problem solving partially mediated the relationship between perceived stress and psychological well-being. However, social problem solving did not moderate the relationship between perceived stress and psychological well-being. These findings were discussed in the light of related literature and implications were suggested for future research. ÖzetBu çalismanin temel amaci üniversite ögrencilerinin algiladiklari stres düzeyleri ile psikolojik iyi olma düzeyleri arasindaki iliskide sosyal problem çözme becerilerinin araci ve düzenleyici rolünün incelenmesidir. Arastirma 350’si kadin 164’ü erkek toplam 514 üniversite ögrencisi üzerinde gerçeklestirilmistir. Arastirmaya katilan ögrenciler 18-25 yas arasinda olup, yas ortalamalari 20.09’dur (Ss=2.02). Arastirmada veri toplamak amaciyla Algilanan Stres Ölçegi (Cohen, Kamarck ve Mermelstein, 1983), Sosyal Problem Çözme Envanteri Kisa Formu (D’Zurilla, Nezu ve Maydeu-Olivares, 2002) ve Psikolojik Iyi Olma Ölçekleri (Ryff, 1989) kullanilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda algilanan stres ile sosyal problem çözme ve psikolojik iyi olma arasinda negatif yönde anlamli, sosyal problem çözme ve psikolojik iyi olma arasinda pozitif yönde anlamli iliskiler oldugu tespit edilmistir. Hiyerarsik regresyon analizleri sonucunda sosyal problem çözmenin, algilanan stres ve psikolojik iyi olma arasindaki iliskide kismi araci role sahip iken, düzenleyici bir rolü olmadigi belirlenmistir. Elde edilen bulgular ilgili alanyazin ve sinirliliklar isiginda tartisilmis, daha sonra yapilacak çalismalara ve uygulayicilara yönelik öneriler sunulmustur.