The relationship of living place perception and nature relatedness with psychological resiliency levels of adults

This study examines the relationship of living place perception and nature relatedness with the psychological resiliency levels of adults, who are residents of Turkey. The population of the study consists of 431 adults who completed the scales which were published through social media. The participants are from different cities and they stated the size of their locality on the sociodemographic form. Three reliable scales were used in this study along with the sociodemographic form prepared by the researcher. These three scales are; the Resilience Scale for Adults in order to measure psychological resilience, the Living Place Perception Scale in order to measure living place perception and the Nature Relatedness Scale in order to measure the relationship with nature. Data analysis findings indicate that adults who perceive their locality positively have higher psychological resiliency levels. It was found that adults who spend more time in the nature perceive their locality more positively and the adults who are connected to nature express higher psychological resiliency. The discussed findings support previous researches; the psychological resilience increases with age and the perception of the self and the future are more positive among adults who are over 40, compared to adults who are between the ages of 20 and 29. The data shows that adults with low psychological resilience levels are seeking more psychological support than the adults who have higher psychological resilience levels. The results of this study were discussed in the light of literature. As individuals' psychological resilience will ultimately determine community health; it is hoped that this research contributes to the mental health, community health and urban planning disciplines with its findings.