Effective themes in social  support from the perspective of psychotherapists: developing a model based on a qualitative approach to research

Sarkeshikiyan, Seyyed Mehdi; Shakoori, Ali; Raji, Zahra

doi:10.22054/rjsw.2023.68578.602

Effective themes in social support from the perspective of psychotherapists: developing a model based on a qualitative approach to research

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

seyyed mehdi sarkeshikiyan ¹

ali shakoori ²

zahra Raji ³

¹ PhD student, Department of Educational Psychology, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Social Planning and Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ دانشجوی دکتری سیاستگذاری اجتماعی دانشگاه تهران

https://doi.org/10.22054/rjsw.2023.68578.602

Abstract

Social support is one of the studied variables in psychological and social sciences. Social support promotes the mental health and well-being of individuals by influencing various individual and social areas and helps the individual to face problems. This study was about identifying the themes affecting social support from the perspective of psychotherapists. This research is considered as a qualitative research in terms of applied purpose and method. The research sample consisted of 18 psychologists and therapists who were working in Qom province in 1400. Sampling was done purposefully. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather information. Data collection continued until theoretical saturation and no new findings were found. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the interviews. The results showed that the factors at the therapist level (skill elements), at the school level (educational elements), at the community level (social-legal elements), at the family level (interactive elements) at the parents level ( Interpersonal-subsistence elements), at the individual level (personality elements) were the themes affecting social support from the perspective of psychotherapists. Discussion: Social support from different dimensions and angles of human life can be analyzed and evaluated and the need to pay attention to this component from the perspective of experts and thinkers in various fields related to human beings is essential.

Keywords

Social support

Perceived social support

Social support from the perspective of psychotherapists

Effective factors of social support from the perspective of psychologists

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