Objective: The aim of this study is to examine theeffects of the stress coping techniques course onself-efficacy and psychological resilience in first-yearnursing students. Material and Methods: The research wasconducted in the spring semester of the 2020-2021academic year with an experimental design thatinvolved pre-test, post-test and a control group. The intervention group consisted of38 students who took this course, and the controlgroup consisted of 34 students who did not takethe course. Stress coping techniques course wasgiven to intervention group students for 2 hours aweek during 14 weeks. Data were collected with thedescriptive questionnaire form, the Resilience Scalefor Adults, and the Self-Efficacy Scale. The analysiswas used with a number, percentage, median,min-max, Mann-Whitney U, chi-square test. Thesignificance level was accepted as 0.05. Results: The mean age of the students participatingin the study was 19.3±1.0, 84.7% were female and77.8% had a nuclear family. In the post test, thedifference in the Planned Future Subscaleof the Resilience Scale for Adults was borderlinesignificant (p=0.053) and the difference in theSocial Competence Subscale of the Resilience Scalefor Adults was significant (p=0.041) between theintervention and the control group. Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that thestress coping techniques course significantly affectedplanned future and social competence, whichare the two main components of psychologicalresilience, but did not affect self-efficacy. It isrecommended that stress coping techniques courseshould be included in the curriculum of schoolsproviding nursing education at the national level.It is recommended to conduct experimentalstudies involving different initiatives to increasepsychological resilience and self-efficacy in students.