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Rev ADM 2023; 80 (6)

Design and validation of a social support scale for adolescents.

Galicia-Diez-Barroso D, Borges-Yáñez SA, Moreno-Altamirano GA, Irigoyen-Camacho ME

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 312-320
PDF size: 206.30 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: social support is of great importance in adolescence; those who have more support have better health strategies. There are few instruments to evaluate social support in all its dimensions and the sources of this support, and none has been validated in Spanish. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of a new instrument to identify social support and the source of this support for adolescents. Material and methods: the adolescent social support scale (ADSSS) consists of a 22-item self-report questionnaire with 5 Likert-type responses ranging from never to always and six different subscales: family, best friend, classmates, teachers, other relationships, and general and oral health. ADSSS data were collected from high school students (N = 191; mean age 16.1 years [standard deviation = 1.2]). Psychometric analyses included main axis factor analysis, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), and scale correlations with the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-20 (CES-D20) (Spearman correlations, p). Results: main axis factor analysis showed that the scale explained 72.23% of the variability. The entire scale showed adequate internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha = 0.92 [0.90-0.93]. For discriminative validity, the correlation with CES-D20 scores was p = -0.32, and the scale showed a strong correlation with MSPSS scores (p = 0.81). The results were stable across repeated measurements (ICC = 0.93). Conclusions: the ADSSS has good reliability and validity. This instrument could be suitable for a broad range of research applications among adolescents.


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