Perceived stress and its relationship to social support among graduate students at Wasit University
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perceived stress, social support, graduate students.Abstract
The current research aims to identify perceived stress and its relationship to social support among studies students at Wasit University. The number of the sample was (227) male and female students, from postgraduate students in the faculties of Wasit University, who were chosen according to the random stratified method and on the basis of proportional distribution. In order to achieve the objectives of the current research, a measure of perceived stress was built, which is in its final form of (20) items, and a measure of social support was built, which is also in its final form of (20) items, and the validity and reliability of the two measures were verified using appropriate statistical methods. The research sample has perceived pressure as well as social support, and there is an inverse correlation between perceived pressure and social support, and there are statistically significant differences in the correlation according to gender in favor of females, while there are no differences according to the educational stage, and the research ended with a set of recommendations and proposals.
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