This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Macdonald, G. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Development of a Social Support Scale: An Evaluation of Psychometric Properties

York University

The measurement of the concept of social support is critical to researchers interested in examining the role that support plays in the development and treatment of mental health problems. This article presents a new scale for measuring this concept, the Scales of Perceived Social Support (SPSS), and evaluates some of its important psychometric properties. The scales were found to have good internal consistency and good test-retest reliability. In terms of validity, the scales correlated well with an established support measure. Factor analyses provided corroborating evidence for the scales' two main dimensions, namely support from family and from friends. Further study is required to assess the potential utility of the scales for single case research.

Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 8, No. 5, 564-576 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/104973159800800505


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?