This study was designed to identify the relation between the Perceived Social Support and the Self-care Agency of high school students in a rural area.
The subjects for this study were 250 students living in Chonnam province: among first grade, second grade and third grade students were 98, 89 and 63 respectively.
The data were collected during the period from April 2 to 4, 2001. The instruments used in this study were the Generally Perceived Social Support Scale developed by Park, J. W.(1985) and Self-Care Agency Questionnaire developed by Deneys(1981).
The data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson`s correlation using the SAS PC+ Program.
The results were as follows:
1. The mean score of the Perceived Social Support was 3.19.
2. The mean score of the Self-care Agency was 2.65.
3. There was a significant differences in school year(F=3.l1, p=.046), educational level of the father(F=3.41, p=.035) that of the mother(F=4.07, p=.019), and economic status(F=8.99, p=.000), school performance(F=16.37, p=.000) from Perceived Social Support between general characteristics.
4. There was a significant differences in economic status(F=4.55, p=.004), school performance(F=6.72, p=.002) from self care agency between general characteristics.
3. The relation between the score of the Perceived Social Support and Self-care Agency was significant(r=.49, p=.000l). The relation between the score of the direct Perceived Social Support and Self-care Agency was significant(r=.50, p=.0001) and the relation between the score of the indirect Perceived Social Support and Self-care Agency was also significant(r=.40, p=.000l).
In conclusion, it was found that higher score of the Social Support was a higher level of the Self-care Agency, especially the direct Perceived Social Support. The score of the Social Support and Self-care Agency was significantly differentiated according to economic status and school performance.
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