The Impact of perceived social support on perception of health status in Isparta

Abstract

The Problem of the Study: What is the sense of social support and health perception and the relationship between them is examined. The Purpose of the Study: The aim of this study is to determine whether the perceived social support level in Isparta has an effect on health perception. Method: The population of the study consists of individuals who is over 18 in Isparta city center. The study reached 399 people. In this study,The Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale consisting of 12 expressions and developed by Zimet et al. (1988), adapted to Turkish by Eker and Arkar (1995) as a data tool and Health Perception Scale consisting of 15 expressions developed by Diamond et al. (2007) adapted to Turkish by Kadıoğlu and Yıldız (2012) was used. The data obtained were transferred to the computer environment, the frequency, percentage and arithmetic averages were taken and the interactions between the variables were analyzed by correlation and regression analysis.