Objective: University students have to migrate, although temporarily, from the permanent residences they lived to other cities for education. During that period, students move from adolescence to adulthood and have to cope with physical and psychological development. Therefore, they may face positive or negative situations concerning their self-concepts. So the current study was carried out to determine how nursing students who experienced temporary residence change perceived their self-concepts when they compared themselves to others. Method: The descriptive study was undertaken with 101 of 174 first year students studying at Nursing School of Health Sciences Faculty of a university who accepted to participate the study and experienced temporary residence change. The data were gathered using Personal Information form and Social Comparison Scale and were analyzed using frequency, means, MannWithney U and Kruskall Wallis tests. Results: Of the students, 85.1% were female and 77.2% of their families adopted a democratic approach towards their children. However, 27.7% had previously separated from their families temporarily. Mean score of the students from Social Comparison Scale was 80.48±15.30. Besides, it was found that total scale scores of the students whose families adopted a democratic approach towards their children (U=623.500, p=0.027) and those who had previously separated from their families temporarily (U= 633.000, p=0.003) were higher than other students. Conclusion: Self-concepts of the students, particularly of those whose families adopted a democratic approach and those who had previously migrated/changed residences/separated from their families temporarily were found to be higher.