Predicting the social support of Staff based on the variables of flexibility and optimism

Social support is the establishment of a social interaction that, through continued communication, leads to empathy and ultimately to a safety net for the individual and helps him or her feels better about himself or herself. The purpose of this study is to determine the Predicting the social support of Staff based on the variables of flexibility and optimism. The statistical population consisted of 250 employees of the health center in Sari. Sample size according to Morgan and Krejcy table, 148 individuals were selected randomly (gender). The instrument for collecting data was three standard Questionnaires of Dennis & Vanderwall Flexibility, Noori Optimism and Sherborne & Stuart Social support. The validity of the tool is confirmed by the experts and Specialists. Their reliability for each respectively was 0.83, 0.80 and 0.96. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were used. The results of the research showed that: There is a relationship between flexibility (r = 515) and optimism (r = 0.392), with social support of employees; and the share of flexibility and optimism is different in predicting the social support of the employees. Also, the flexibility, optimism, and social support of employees Based on gender were not different.