The Relationship Between Psychological Hardiness and Perceived Social Support of University Students

Abstract

In this study about the relationship between psychological hardiness and perceived social support. 140 (66 female, 74 male) university students completed Psychological Hardiness-IIIR and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The relationship between psychological hardiness and perceived social support has been analyzed with using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient method. As a result of the research it has been seen that there is a meaningful relationship between psychological hardiness and perceived social support.

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Üniversite Ögrencilerinin Psikolojik Dayanıklılıkları ve Algıladıkları Sosyal Destek Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Bu çalısmada psikolojik dayanıklılık ile algılanan sosyal destek arasındaki iliski incelenmistir. Arastırmada 140 (66 kız, 74 erkek) üniversite ögrencisi Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçegi III-R ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçegini cevaplamıslardır. Psikolojik dayanıklılık ile algılanan sosyal destek arasındaki iliski Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Katsayısı ile incelenmistir. Arastırmanın sonucunda psikolojik dayanıklılık ile algılanan sosyal destek arasında anlamlı bir iliski oldugu görülmüstür.

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41. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL
42. SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
43. Social support is the degree to benefit from social sources (mother, father, wife, lover, friends, teachers...) by the means of trusted relations. It has been stated that social support sources support the individual in different shapes, and most common ones are material, emotional, and mental supports.
44. In literature (Kobasa, 1979; Kobasa ve Puccetti, 1983; Folkman ve Lazarus, 1984; Wiebe, 1991; Patterson, 1992; Florian, Mikulincer ve Taubman, 1995; Pengilly, 1997; Pengilly ve Dowd, 2000; Wallace, Bisconti ve Bergeman, 2001), researches about the relationship between stress and illness are focused on buffer effect of psychological variables socail support and psychological hardiness.
45. Purpose of this research is to find out if there is a meaningful relationship between psychological hardiness and perceived social support for university students. METHOD
46. The sample of this study was consisted of 140 (66 female, 74 male) students attending Gazi University, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Industrial Art Education.
47. All the participants were presented with Psychological Hardiness-IIIR adapted to Turkish culture by Durak (2002) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support adapted to Turkish culture by *
48. Gazi Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Eğitim Fakültesi, [e-mail]
49. Psychological Hardiness and Perceived Social Support
50. Eker, Arkar, Yaldız (2001). Pearson product moment
51. correlation coefficient were applied for statistical analysis. RESULTS
52. As a result of the analysis that have been due to the purposes of the research, correlation coefficient between total points the students get from, Psychological Hardiness-IIIR, and total points the students get from Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support is meaningful in a sinifance level of 0.01 (r=.83). DISCUSSION