Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.100-106, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objective: It was aimed to determine the levels of self-sufficiency, perceived social support, and meaning in life of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses and to evaluate the relationships between these parameters. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 168 individuals who were diagnosed with serious mental illnesses and volunteered to participate in the study, who applied to the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic in July-October 2021. The data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support (MDPSS), the General Self-Sufficiency (GSS), and the Meaning in Life Scales (MLS). The data were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis tests, Spearman Correlation, and Regression analysis, and the confidence interval was accepted as 95 and significance as p<0.05 in all analyzes. Results: The participants' levels of meaning in life, social support, and self-sufficiency were found to be moderate. When the ML and MDPSS scores were examined, a significant positive strong (p<0.05) relationship was found between all sub-dimensions of the scales. When the ML and GSS scores were examined, no relationship was found between the sub-dimension of seeking meaning in life and the sub-dimension of persistence, while a strong positive relationship was found between all other sub-dimensions (p<0.005). When the MDPSS and GSS scores were examined, a strong positive (p<0.05) relationship was found between all sub-dimensions of the scales. When the mediating role of Social Support was examined, it was concluded that social support was a partial mediator between self-sufficiency and feelings of meaning in life. Conclusion: It was seen that the concepts examined in the study affected each other in a positive way and social support played a mediating role. The treatment processes of individuals should be supported within the scope of these relationships, and the relationships between meaning in life and self-sufficiency levels of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses should be examined in detail.