Akif

Öz

This study aims to compare the psychological health and perception of God among healthcare professionals according to their occupation, seniority, gender, age, marital status and level of education and to examine the relationship between their psychological health and perception of God. The research was conducted using the correlational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research method. The study group consisted of a total of 198 healthcare professionals working in Sincan Dr. Nafiz Körez State Hospital. Of the participants, 79.29% (n = 157) were female and 20.71% (n = 41) were male. The data were collected through the 'God Perception Scale' developed by Güler (2007), the scale known as "Brief Symptom Scale (BSS)" adapted to Turkish and the personal information form prepared by the researcher. The results of the study show that love-oriented perceptions are high and fear-oriented perceptions are low among healthcare professionals. The healthcare professionals’ levels of the perception of God have been found to be similar regardless of factors such as age, gender, marital status, seniority and level of education. The lowest dimension in the psychological health levels of healthcare professionals is somatization, while the highest dimensions are depression and hostility. Factors such as age, gender, level of education and marital status of the participants do not affect their psychological health levels. The study also reveals that there is a slight decrease in the levels of anxiety, depression and negative self-perception with the increase in the level of love-oriented perception of God among the participants.