Research has demonstrated consistently that personality and perceived stress, independently, are essential factors for university adjustment among university freshmen; however, little is known about the associations between personality, perceived stress, and adjustment together. Our primary goal was to explore the predictive utility of perceived stress for explaining university adjustment among university freshmen (N = 290). We also tested the moderating role of personality traits and this research was embedded within a Big Five model of personality including the sixth trait for Turkish context, ‘Negative Valence’. Results addressed that only conscientiousness and negative valence moderated the perceived stress and adjustment association. Students high on negative valence and/or conscientiousness tended to experience the detrimental effect of perceived stress on university adjustment more due to their personality. These results suggested that personality might be an important factor to include in adjustment fostering interventions for freshmen at universities.

研究一致地表明，人格和感知的压力独立地是大学新生调整大学的基本因素。然而，关于性格，感知的压力和调节之间的联系知之甚少。我们的主要目标是探索感知压力的预测效用，以解释大学新生之间的大学调整（N = 290）。我们还测试了人格特质的调节作用，这项研究被嵌入人格大五模型中，其中包括土耳其语境中的第六个特质“负价”。结果表明，只有尽责和消极的情绪才能缓解感知到的压力和调节联想。高负价和/或尽责的学生倾向于由于他们的个性而更多地感受到压力对大学适应的不利影响。这些结果表明，人格可能是纳入大学新生调整干预措施的重要因素。