The Role of Perceived Social Support and Value in Prediction of School Attachment among Secondary School Students

The aim of this study is to examine school attachment levels of secondary school students in terms of perceived social support and human value. The data of the study was obtained from a total of 317 secondary school students, including 192 girls and 125 boys in the 2015-2016 academic year. A correlational research model was used in this study. In the study, some scales are used as data collection tools as follows: School Attachment Scale developed by Hill and Werner (2006) and adapted to Turkish by Savi (2011), Moral Maturity Scale developed by Dilmac (1999), Social Support Rating Scale for Children and Adolescents developed by Dubow and Ullman (1989) and adapted to Turkish by Gokler (2007). The correlation and stepwise linear multiple regression analysis are used in the analysis of the data. The analyses are tested with the help of SPSS 16.0 package program with .01 and .05 levels of significance. The findings of the research reveal that perceived teacher social support, perceived friend social support and human value are in the position of being predictors of the school attachment. Implications of these findings are discussed within the context of literature.