The effect of perceived social support and psychological resilience on level of the trauma after the earthquake in earthquake survivors: Hatay sample

In this research, the relationship between the level of trauma after earthquake, perceived social support, psychological resilience and some of the demographic variables was examined. In this study, carried out with 422 participants between the ages of 18 and 65, Voluntary Participation Form, Earthquake Victim Personal Information Form, The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Scale That Determines the Level of the Trauma after the Earthquake, Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults and SCL 90-R were used. Answers that are given to scales were analyzed by the SPSS 20 program. While analyzing the relationship between demographic and research variables, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis were done. For the analysis of the relationship between research variables, Spearman Correlation Analysis was used. In the research, predictive effect is calculated with enter method of Linear Regression Analysis.When looking at the research results it has been seen that there is a negative significant relationship between trauma level after earthquake, perceived social support and age. Participants' psychological resilience, gender, age, experiencing loss of life from their relatives and loss of serious amount of property predicts level of trauma. It is foreseen that finding of this study will contribute to the literature in terms of the elements of psychological disorders that eathquake victims can experience.