Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Jyoti Dudi and Dr. Poonam Yadav

Abstract:
Over the years, there is an unprecedented increase in the threat to human psyche due to diminishing family bonds, reduced family size, unsteady nature of interpersonal interactions, fierce competition among peers, disintegration of societal values, crime and violence, global and the degree to which specialists give social help to each other in the work environment can have a critical effect upon individuals’ understanding of work and social health inside the working environment. It is necessary to measure perceived social support, especially in higher education institutions, which has been given relatively less importance by the researchers. This study was conducted to investigate the perceived social support of university teachers. The present study was conducted on a sample of 120 university teachers. Social support was assessed by interpersonal support evaluation list given by cohen et al. Out of total sample more than half of the university teachers reported moderate level of social support followed by high and low level. More than one third of total respondents perceived higher social support. The results of the study concluded that male university teacher have better perceived social support as compared with their significant others.