Abstract:

Social self-efficacy is the belief in an individual's ability to initiate and maintain a social relationship. Determining the variables affecting social self-efficacy will provide a better understanding of this concept. The aim of this research is to examine the relations between perceived social support and social efficacy of the university students. The research group consisted of 354 university students 206 (58,2%) women and 148 (41,8%) men. In the study, ‘‘Social Efficacy and Social Outcome Expectations Scale’’ and ‘‘Multi-Dimensional Perceived Social Support Scale’’ were used. Independent sample t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. According to the findings of the study, it was found that social efficacy and private human social support perceptions of the university students differed significantly according to gender, and the perception of family and friend social support did not differ significantly. In the study, a significant positive relationship was found between social efficacy and perceived social support. In addition, it was found that the perception of social support in the regression model accounted for about 32% of the total variance of social efficacy. As a result, as the social support perception of university students’ increases, the level of social efficacy increases.

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