The Role of sense of coherence and Satisfying basic psychological needs in Sense of public security

Security is one of the most prominent aspects of a community and recognizes asthe basis for the growth, development and stability of that society. Considering the importance of Senseof security on social stability and all aspects of people's lives, it is very importantto consider it from a psychological point of view. The aim of the present study isto investigate the role of psychological factors of sense of coherence and satisfyingbasic psychological needs in Sense of public security. The method of this researchwas descriptive of correlational. Population of this study included all citizens over18 years of Sari among them 305 citizens were selected through multi-stage clustersampling method based on Morgan and Krejcie randomization table and completedthe scales of sense of public security, sense of coherences, satisfaction of basicneeds psychological. These tools were satisfactory reliability and validity. Dataanalysis was conducted using Pearson correlation coeffcient and multiple regressionanalysis using software 21-SPSS. The fndings showed that there is a signifcantrelationship between sense of coherence and satisfying basic psychological needswith sense of public security and these variables signifcantly predicted their senseof public security. According to this fndings can be said that having psychologicalcharacteristics such as sense coherence and satisfying basic psychological needs inindividuals can positively affect public safety.