DO OPTIMISM, SOCIAL NETWORK RICHNESS, AND SUBMISSIVE BEHAVIORS PREDICT WELL-BEING? STUDY WITH A TURKISH SAMPLE

Author: Türküm, Ayşe Sibel

Source: Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, Volume 33, Number 6, 2005 , pp. 619-628(10)

Publisher: Scientific Journal Publishers

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Abstract:

Optimism, submissive behaviors, richness of social network and demographic variables were examined as predictors of psychological well-being among a cohort of Turkish people (N = 376) using a Turkish version (Şahin & Durak, 1994). of the Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1992) a Turkish version (Aydın & Tezer, 1991, revised by Türküm, 2001) of the Life Orientation Test (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994), a Turkish version (Şahin & Şahin, 1992) of the Submissive Acts Scale (Gilbert & Allan, 1994), and the Social Atom Scale (Dökmen, 1993). Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that optimism, submissiveness, marital status and occupation status predict well-being. Social network richness, gender, and educational level did not contribute significantly to the variation in well-being.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2005.33.6.619

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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