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The aim of present study was to examine the associations among cognitive flexibility, error oriented motivation skills and life satisfaction. The study group consisted of 336 university students, 247 female (73.5%) and 89 male (26.5%). The age of the university students in the study group ranged from 17 to 30 with a mean age of 20.22 (SD = 1.81). Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Error Oriented Motivation Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and personal information form, which collect demographic information of the participants, were used in the data collection process. In order to investigate the relationships between life satisfaction and cognitive flexibility (alternative and control) and error-oriented motivation (error-oriented learning, error-oriented covering and error-oriented worry), Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients were determined. According to correlation analysis results, significant relationships between life satisfaction and alternatives and control, which are sub-factors of cognitive flexibility, were determined. Additionally, there were significant relationships between life satisfaction and error-oriented learning, error-oriented covering, error-oriented worry. As a result of multiple linear regression analysis, it was determined that alternatives from cognitive flexibility skills and error oriented covering from error-oriented motivation skills accounted for 13% of total variance of life satisfaction. While alternatives had a positive contribution to the regression model, the error oriented covering had negative. The results were discussed in light with the relevant literature.

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