Abstract:

This study has studied whether adolescents’ self-sufficiency has changed according to their levels of cognitive flexibility and gender. The sample of the study was made by a total of 1035 students, including 563 girls and 472 men, from 14-18-year-olds living in the Mersin province. The data was obtained through the "Cognitive Flexibility Scale" (BEU), the "Adolescent Qualification Expectation Scale" and the "Personal Information Form". The data obtained from the study was evaluated using the SPSS 20.0 package program using the dual-direction variance analysis (ANOVA). As a result, the increased cognitive flexibility of adolescents has been shown to increase their academic, social, emotional and general self-sufficiency. The gender has found a significant difference in the general, academic, social selfishness of different adolescents in favor of girls, but there has been no difference in the emotional selfishness.

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