Predicting general health of adolescents based on perceived social support and social maturity
Subject Areas : social psychology
1 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, BandarAbbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, AbbasBranch, Iran
Keywords: social maturity, adolescents, General Health, perceived social support,
Abstract :
This research aimed to investigate the predicting general health of adolescents based on perceived social support and social maturity. This study was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. The population of research included all adolescents’ students in high school second period of Varamin city in 2016-17 academic years. From them 350 person were selected by multistep cluster sampling method and all of them completed the questionnaires of general health (Goldberg and Hillier, 1979), perceived social support (Zimet and et al, 1988) and social maturity (Raol, 1973). Data was analyzed with Pearson correlation and multivariate regression with enter model methods. The findings showed perceived social support and social maturity had a positive and significant relationship with general health of adolescents. Also perceived social support and social maturity could predict 45/1 percent of variance of general health of adolescents that in this predicting the share of social maturity was higher than perceived social support (P<0/01). Regarded to results to improve the general health of adolescents increase the rate of perceived social support and social maturity of them. Also counselors, officials and planners must consider the symptoms of mentioned variables and design and implementation appropriate programs to improve the general health of adolescents.
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