en ● Psychosocial Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span lang="TR"><strong>Background</strong>: University life is a special period in which students take full responsibility for their lives, especially as individuals. This period includes many positive and negative situations. As a result, they need serious psychological support to cope with the potential or real problems they experience. This study aims to determine the effects of cognitive-behavioral-therapy-based psychoeducation programs on university students&rsquo; automatic thoughts, perceived stress, and self-efficacy levels.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This was a quasi-experimental study with a single group pre-test and post-test design. The research was carried out at a university in Turkey from October 1 to November 15, 2022. The sample consisted of 223 students who agreed to participate in the research. The psychoeducation program prepared within the scope of the study was conducted face-to-face for four 45-min sessions. In this study, we used an individual introduction form, automatic thought questionnaire, perceived stress scale, and general self-efficacy scale. Data analysis was done via SPSS software, version 23. To analyze the data, we used descriptive statistics along with the Pearson correlation test and the Spearman correlation test.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: A total of 73.4% of the students who participated in the research were female and 49.5% stayed in the student dormitory. The economic situation of 53.2% was moderate and 41.4% to 67.1% of the students had a good relationship with their families, while 63.5% had a good relationship with their friends. After the psychoeducation, a significant decrease was observed in the mean scores of students&rsquo; automatic thoughts and perceived stress, while their self-perception scores increased significantly (P<0.05).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The cognitive-behavioral-therapy-based psychoeducation program positively affects university students in various aspects. After the psychoeducation, the perceived stress levels of the students decreased, their self-efficacy levels were positively affected, and their negative automatic thinking levels decreased.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></div> CBT, Psychoeducation, University students, Automatic thoughts, Perceived stress, Self-efficacy 87 98 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2125-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Veysel Kaplan vyslkpln@hotmail.com 1 100319475328460026547 Yes Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Mehmet Emin Düken eminduken@gmail.com 2 100319475328460026548 No Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Rabia Kaya rabiakurumluoglugil@gmail.com 3 100319475328460026549 No Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Joseph Almazan joseph.almazan@nu.edu.kz 4 100319475328460026550 No Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.