Abstract:

Migration movements cause important economic, social and psychological changes in the lives of those who participate in the migration process and who have to leave their places of residence. Individuals participating in migration may feel lonely, excluded in the face of changes and become unhappy individuals who are not satisfied with life. With the social support they receive from their families, friends or other familiar people, it is possible for them to adapt and integrate with the society they migrated. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perceived social support, life satisfaction and self-reliance by revealing whether social support perceived by individuals who have to migrate to our country affect their life satisfaction and self-confidence levels. For this purpose, it is aimed to investigate the effects of the social support perceptions on the life satisfaction and self-confidence of the individuals in Kahramanmaraş province that migrated to Turkey due to the problems in their countries. The survey method was preferred as data collection tool. The data obtained from the survey were subjected to frequency, correlation and regression analysis via SPSS program. According to the results of the research, it is revealed that the increase in perceived social support causes the life satisfaction and self-confidence levels of the individuals to increase positively.

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