The Investigation of University Students Social Problem-solving Skills in Terms of Perceived Parental Attitudes and Cognitive Flexibility Levels

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine whether social problem-solving skills and perceived parental attitudes and cognitive flexibility levels differ according to gender, to examine the relationships between these variables and to determine the level of predicting the social problem-solving skill of university students by parental attitude and cognitive flexibility. For this purpose, data was obtained by applying Personal Information Form, Social Problem-solving Inventory-Short Form (SPÇE-KF), Parental Attitude Scale (ABTÖ), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (BEE) to 574 university students. For statistical analysis, Independent Groups T Test, the Pearson Product-Moments Correlation Analysis, Multiple Hierarchical Regression Analysis were used. According to the results of the study, it was seen that the negative orientation to the problem, democratic, protective and authoritarian parental attitude mean scores were significantly different by gender. Significant correlations were found between the total scores from the Social Problem-solving Inventory and the predictive variables Parental Attitude Scale sub-dimensions and the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory sub-dimensions. Democratic parental attitude, authoritarian parental attitude, cognitive flexibility sub-dimensions which are alternatives and control are significant predictors of social problem-solving total score. Independent variables explain 46% of the total variance related to social problem-solving inventory total score.