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The aim of this research is to study whether non-functional attitudes can bear the overall level of harmony of college students and to compare the level of harmony of college students according to the section they see, gender, age and education. The research group consists of 350 (137 women, 213 men) Professional Higher School students. The age of students varies between 18-53. The data of the study was collected using the Hacettepe Personality Reserve (HKE), the Non-Functional Attitudes Scale (FOTÖ) and the Personal Information Form. To analyze the data, t test, multiple regression analysis and ANOVA have been used. Perfectionism, need for approval, independent and variable attitude, which are the 4 sub-dimensions of the dysfunctional attitudes scale, explained 11.1% of the variance regarding the general adjustment level. Dysfunctional attitudes subscales were found to be a significant predictor of general adjustment. According to the results obtained from the research, no significant difference was found between the general adjustment level of female and male students. In terms of age variable, a significant difference was found between the levels of compliance in favor of the students in the 26-+ age group. There was no significant difference between the adjustment levels of the students according to the department variable.

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The aim of this research is to investigate whether the non-functional attitudes can predict general adaptation levels of vocational schools students and to compare the adaptation level of the students in terms of gender, age and the departmen being studied. The research group consists of 350 (137 female, 213 male) vocational school students. Ages of the students vary between 18-53. The data of the study has been collected by using Hacettepe Personality inventory (HKE) , Non-Functional Attitude Scale (FOTÖ) and Personal Information Form. So as to analyze the datas T Test , Multiple Regression Analysis and ANOVA has been used. Perfectionism , the need for approval , the independent and variable attitude ,which are four sub-dimensions of the non-functional attitude scale, has explained %11,1 of variance related to the overall adaption level. Non-functional attitude subscales has been found to be significant predictor of the general adaptation. According to the findings and results of the study, there appeared no significant difference between the girls and boys in terms of their general adjustment levels. In terms of age variable a significant difference has been found in favor of the students who are in 26-+ age group. There has not been a significant difference between the adaptation level of the students according to department variable.

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