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Problems experienced in childhood have an important place in development. It is thought that childhood traumas may increase alienation and decrease the level of agency during the transition to adulthood. Addressing the relationship of these three variables together can contribute to the field, or help to better understand the nature of transition to adulthood. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of childhood mental traumas and agency on alienation. In this framework, a model has been defined and the following hypotheses have been tested. a. The negative impact of childhood mental trauma on agency is significant. b. The negative effect of agency on alienation is significant. c. The positive effect of childhood mental trauma on alienation is significant. This study is a descriptive research that uses the cross-sectional pattern. A total of 566 (between ages 18-25) individuals constitute the research group (269 men (47.5%) and 297 women (52.5%). Personal Information Form, Dean's Alienation Scale, Multi Measure Agentic Personality Scale and Childhood Mental Traumas Scale were used to collect data. According to the results of the SEM analysis, childhood mental traumas significantly predicts alienation at a moderate level (β = .39, p

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of internet addiction and need for cognitive closure on risky behaviours of university students. In order to gather the data, purposeful sampling used in the research and the sampling group consists of 190 female (%56,4), 145 male (%43,0) and 2 unspecified (%0,6) in total 337 students studying at Kirikkale University. Relational screening model has been used in conducting the research. In the research, Personal Information Form, Risky Behaviours Scale, Internet Addiction Scale and Cognitive Completion Scale have been used as data collection tools. The data obtained has been analysed with SPSS 25.0 package program and independent samples t test, one way variance analysis, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. As a result of the research, it was found that the risky behaviours, internet addiction and need for cognitive closure differ significantly by gender however there was not a significant difference by age and adult perceived transition to adulthood. It was obtained that there is a positive and low level relationship (r=0.33) between risky behaviours and internet addiction, and there is a negative and low level relationship between risky behaviours and the need for completion (r=-0.21). As a result of this research, it has been identified that internet addiction is an important predictor on risky behaviours, but need for cognitive closure is not. The findings obtained through the analysis of the research have been discussed by comparing them with the results of the research in the literature.