The aim of this study is to examine the predictive role of gender, age, emotion regulation difficulties and intolerance of uncertainty on psychological resilience in university students. The study group consisted of 419 university students studying in different faculties. The ages of the students participating in the study ranged from 18 to 28, with an average age of 21.67. The participants answered a data collection tool consisting of Demographic Information Form, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale and Brief Psychological Resilience Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, linear multiple regression analysis. Results of this study suggest that age and intolerance of uncertainty were not significant predictors of psychological resilience in university students. On the other hand, gender and difficulties in emotion regulation were found to be significant predictors of psychological resilience in university students. The regression model accounts for approximately 38% of the variance in psychological resilience scores among college students. Furthermore, relative importance analyses indicate that difficulties in emotion regulation emerged as the most important predictor of psychological resilience among university students. Mental health professionals can increase the effectiveness of their services by focusing on reducing the level of emotion dysregulation difficulties of their clients in mental health interventions aimed at improving the psychological resilience of university students.

University students, psychological resilience, difficulty in emotion regulation, intolerance of uncertainty.