The relationship between social support and life satisfaction in adolescents after Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: Serial mediation of resilience and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

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dc.contributor.authorKarabulut, Ridvan
dc.contributor.authorKacmaz, Cihangir
dc.contributor.authorCelik, Osman Tayyar
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:33:13Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:33:13Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction among adolescents who experienced the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmara & scedil;-centered earthquakes, in the context of the serial mediation roles of psychological resilience and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The study included a total of 692 high school students (mean age = 15.62, SD = 1.29) enrolled in schools in Malatya, one of the provinces most affected by the earthquakes. The data were collected using the Student's Life Satisfaction Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Scale. In the preliminary analyses, independent samples t-tests, one-way ANOVAs, and Pearson correlation analyses were used. The serial mediation model, in which social support was the independent variable, life satisfaction was the dependent variable, and psychological resilience and PTSD were the mediating variables, respectively, was tested using Model 6 of the PROCESS macro. The findings revealed that perceived social support in adolescents significantly predicts life satisfaction in a positive direction, and that psychological resilience and PTSD play a mediating role in the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. Our results suggest that, in the context of serial mediation, increased social support following the earthquake is associated with enhanced psychological resilience. Increased psychological resilience, in turn, predicts a decrease in PTSD levels, which is linked to higher life satisfaction. These findings suggest that post-disaster mental health interventions should prioritize strengthening adolescents' social support networks and resilience capacities to reduce PTSD and promote long-term psychological well-being.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/13591053251369360
dc.identifier.endpage1305
dc.identifier.issn1359-1053
dc.identifier.issn1461-7277
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0649-5254
dc.identifier.pmid41013938
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105023540069
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1291
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/13591053251369360
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/109002
dc.identifier.volume31
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001581884700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Health Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250329
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectlife satisfaction
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectPTSD
dc.subjectearthquake
dc.subjectdisaster
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.titleThe relationship between social support and life satisfaction in adolescents after Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: Serial mediation of resilience and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms
dc.typeArticle

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