Predictive Relationship between Adolescents’ Spritual Well-Being and Perceived Social Support: The Role of Values

Abstract

The aim of this research is to reveal predictive relationships between adolescents’ values, spiritual well-being, and perceived social support, and to test a model that originated from these relationships. This research was conducted with the survey model. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 470 students (302 female and 98 male) studying at religious high schools in Konya in 2016-2017 academic year. Participants were between the ages of 14-17 and the mean age is is 15.80. In the study, “Human Values Scale”, “Spiritual WellBeing Scale” and “Perceived Social Support Scale” were used. Data were analized using structural equation model with AMOS 19 software. According to the findings obtained from the research; the values that adolescents owned directly predicted spiritual well-being. Additionally, the values directly predicted the level of perceived social support. Implications of these results were discussed within the context of literature

Keywords

• Values • Spiritual well-being • Perceived social support • Adolescents

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