Comparison of Turkish and Azerbaijani University Students in Terms of Perceived

This study aims to determine and compare the perceived stress levels, stress symptoms and stresscoping strategies of Turkish and Azerbaijani university students. The study group consists of 521people between the ages of 18-30, including 266 Turkish and 255 Azerbaijani students. The meanage of the sample was calculated as 21.62 years. The data were collected online with personalinformation form, Perceived Stress Scale, Stress Symptoms Scale and Stress Coping Styles Scale.For the study, the age group range and the purpose of the research were indicated in social mediaand university groups, volunteers were asked to fill out the questionnaire and relational screeningmodel, which is one of the quantitative research designs, was used. In the research, the suitabilityof the data to the normal distribution between the groups was checked by “Shapiro-Wilk Test”.“Independent Sample T Test” was used to compare two independent groups with normaldistribution, and “Mann-Whitbey U Test” was used to compare two independent groups withoutnormal distribution. According to the results, it was found that there was no significant differencewhen the perceived stress scale scores of Turkish and Azerbaijani university students werecompared. Reviewing the stress symptoms scale and sub-scale scores, it was seen that the stresssymptoms were moderate, and the difference was not significant. Examining the sub-scale scoresof stress coping styles, it was found that the average scores of Azerbaijani university students werehigher in self-confident approach, helpless approach, submission approach, optimistic approachand social support seeking approach. In the results of the analysis, while there was no significantdifference between the mean scores of the desperate approach and the social support seekingapproach, it was found that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the selfconfident approach, optimistic approach, and submissive approach in favor of the Azerbaijanistudents.