Predicting perceived social support based on self-differentiation and cognitive flexibility

During the youth period, many problems arise in social life that social support can be one of the coping tools in these situations, but the level of differentiation and cognitive flexibility can play an important role in this. The amount of perceived social support was predicted based on students' self-differentiation and cognitive flexibility. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study was female graduate students of Azad University, South Tehran Branch in 2020, whose number was 2,000. The sample size of the study was 322 according to Morgan's table. After distributing the questionnaire due to the lack of cooperation of several students, 160 questionnaires were completed and analyzed correctly. And random cluster sampling method was selected. Based on this, the research tool was Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, and Farley (1988) Social Support Questionnaire, Skorn and Fried Lander (1988) Differentiation Questionnaire, Dennis and Vanderwall's Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (2010). Data analysis was calculated by the multivariate regression method. Findings showed that my position, integration with others, cognitive flexibility can predict social support, and the variables of emotional responsiveness, emotional escape, differentiation, perception of controllability, perception of behavior justification, perception of different ability options They did not anticipate social support. Integration with others was also identified as the strongest predictor of social support.