Investigation of Public and Private High School Students’Self-Acceptance Levels According to Perceived Social Support Levels From Family, Friends and Teachers

Abstract

In this research, it was investigated whether public and private high school students’self-acceptance levels vary according to perceived social support levels from family, friends and teachers. This study was carried out with 973 high school students. Data collected by Self Acceptance Inventory high school form and Perceived Social Support Scale were analyzed by means of Factorial Analysis of Variance. When F- statistics were found to be significant, Tukey HSD was used. According to the findings, self acceptance levels of private high school students were significantly higher than those from public high school students. Moreover, it was found that self acceptance levels of both private and public high school students with higher levels of perceived social support levels from family, friends and teachers were significantly higher than that of those whose perceived social support from family, friends and teachers were low.Private high school student, public high school student, self-acceptance, perceived social support.