Psychological disorders are universally common problems. social support contributes much to the health of individuals. Focusing upon social support and upon vicissitudes of life can help prevent the depression-induced disorders. The present paper investigated the relationship between Perceived social support, depression and Perceived stress in university students. The descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 390 students living in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sceince campus, whom were selected based on a simple random selection method. The related questionnaires of multidimensional scales of Perceived social support, Beck’s depression, and Perceived stress then were distributed during midterm among students to collect the necessary data. Data was fed into SPSS 16 and analysed using ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, Chi-square, and Fisher exact test.Our results indicated that 49.7 per cent of students suffered from specific degrees of depression. 30.5 per cent of students had given educational progress and employment as sources of stress in living in the campus. The Perceived social support scores were 28.32±9.56, depression, 12.10±9.02, and for Perceived stress was 26.84±8.27. A significant relationship was shown to be between Perceived social support, depression, and Perceived stress (p<0.001) The conclusion made in the paper is that considering depression and stress is crucial to the health of the students. Also, forming workgroups to increase social support for students can help alleviates depression and stress in university students.

Background: Patients undergoing bariatric surgery may need much more psychological and social support from their family and friends to maintain weight loss, recover, and cope with social appearance anxiety. This study determines the relationship between Perceived social support (PSS) and social appearance anxiety (SAA) after bariatric surgery. Methods: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted between October and December 2022 in Turkey through voluntary response sampling technique. A total of 121 bariatric surgery patients generated the sample. The multidimensional scale of Perceived social support (MSPSS) and the social appearance anxiety scale (SAAS) were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were performed to analyze the data. Statistical Package for the social sciences for Windows version 21.0. was used for data analysis. A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The average total score of Perceived social support of the patients was 60.28±19.62 and the mean scores of family, friends, and significant others regarding the source of the support were 24.88±7.19, 19.70±7.06 and 18.69±8.69, respectively. The average total score of social appearance anxiety was 38.53±16.95. There was a statistically non-significant negative correlation between total scores of Perceived social support and social appearance anxiety (ρ: -0.102 P: 0.27). The social appearance anxiety total score differed according to gender, preoperative, and postoperative body mass index (P<0.05).  Conclusion: The results showed that PSS does not affect SAA after bariatric surgery. Multicenter studies with more homogeneous samples in terms of time elapsed after bariatric surgery are recommended.