The ISSB is designed to assess the amount of perceived social support, per self-report of specific supportive actions, received over the previous month.
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Initial instrument review completed by Ashley Gallaway, Roma Mirutenko, and Melissa Ivins-Lukse at the Illinois Institute of Technology (2015). Review and revisions completed by Kristian Nitsch, MS (3/25/2015). Update and review completed by Allison Peipert, 2017.
Jordanian Nurses (Mrayyan, 2009)
Overall internal consistency was Excellent (Cronbach’s Alpha= .93)*
*Scores higher than .9 may indicate redundancy in the scale questions.
Undergraduate Students (Berrera, Sandler & Ramsay, 1981; measured 2 days apart)
Undergraduate Students (Stokes, 1985)
(Barrera, Sandler, & Ramsay, 1981)
(Emmons & Colby, 1995)
(Swickert, Rosentreter, Hittner, & Mushrush, 2002)
Chinese University Students (Liang & Bogat, 1995)
*Scores higher than .9 may indicate redundancy in the scale questions.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Keller, Feeny, & Zoellner, 2014)
Migrant Mothers from Mexico (de Leon Siantz, 1990)
*Scores higher than .9 may indicate redundancy in the scale questions.
Adolescents (Pretty, Conroy, Dugay, Fowler, & Williams, 1996)
Pregnant/Parenting & Non-pregnant/Non-Parenting Adolescents (Crase, Hockaday, & McCarville, 2007)
*Scores higher than .9 may indicate redundancy in the scale questions.
Undergraduate Students (Berrera, Sandler & Ramsay, 1981)
(Brock et al., 1996; Sarason et al., 1987; Pretorius, 1997; Pretorius and Diedricks, 1993)
(Cohen & Hoberman, 1983)
Haber, Cohen, Lucas, and Baltes; 2007)
|
Study |
N |
r |
Strength |
Scale |
Sample |
|
Barrera and Baca (1990) |
78 |
0.29 |
Poor |
Arizona Social Suppport Interview Scale- Satisfaction Subscale (ASSIS-S) |
Mental Health Outpatients |
|
Sandler and Barrera (1984) |
45 |
0.01 |
Poor |
Arizona Social Suppport Interview Scale- Satisfaction Subscale (ASSIS-S) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Cohen and Hoberman (1983) |
57 |
0.46 |
Adequate |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Cohen, McGowan, Fooskas, and Rose (1984) |
92 |
0.46 |
Adequate |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Emmons and Colby |
105 |
0.46 |
Adequate |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Lakey and Cassady (1990) |
101 |
0.29 |
Poor |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Lakey , Tardiff, and Drew (1994) |
124 |
0.49 |
Adequate |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Students |
|
Newland and Furnham (1999) |
117 |
0.25 |
Poor |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Swickert et al. (2002) |
99 |
0.32 |
Adequate |
Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) |
Trauma Survivors |
|
Waggener and Galassi (1993) |
43 |
0.34 |
Adequate |
Social Support Inventory (SSI) |
Separated Adults |
|
Waggener and Galassi (1993) |
47 |
0.22 |
Poor |
Social Support Inventory (SSI) |
Separated Adults |
|
Brown, Brady, Lent, Wolfert, and Hall (1987) |
99 |
0.15 |
Poor |
Social Support Inventory Subjective Satisfaction subscale (SSI-SS) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Brock, Sarason, Sarason, and Pierce (1996) |
197 |
0.26 |
Adequate |
Social Support Questionnaire- Satisfaction short form (SSQ-S) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Pretorius (1997) |
166 |
0.17 |
Poor |
Social Support Questionnaire- Satisfaction short form (SSQ-S) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Pretorius and Diedricks (1993) |
242 |
0.17 |
Poor |
Social Support Questionnaire- Satisfaction short form (SSQ-S) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Sarason et al. (1987) |
217 |
0.24 |
Poor |
Social Support Questionnaire- Satisfaction short form (SSQ-S) |
Undergraduate Students |
|
Furchner (1998) |
111 |
0.64 |
Excellent |
Social Support Questionnaire Short Record- Satisfaction short form (SSQSR-S) |
Students |
|
Cheng (1999) |
57 |
0.3 |
Adequate |
Appraisal Scale of Social Relations (ASSR) |
University Students |
|
Cummins (1988) |
112 |
0.22 |
Poor |
Social Provisions Scale- Guidance Subscale (SPS-G) |
Students |
|
Kaul and Lakey (2003) |
60 |
0.32 |
Adequate |
Social Provisions Scale (SPS) |
Mothers of Infants with Heart Defects |
|
Lakey et al. (2002) |
100 |
0.53 |
Adequate |
Quality of Relationships Inventory- Support Scale (QRI-S) |
Caregivers of parents with Alzheimer's Disease |
|
Norris and Kaniasty (1996) |
404 |
0.32 |
Adequate |
Combination of ISEL and SPS items |
Trauma Survivors |
|
O'Reilly (1995) |
60 |
0.57 |
Adequate |
Social Support Appraisal Scale (SS-A) |
Psychiatric Inpatients |
|
Oritt, Paul, and Behrman (1985) |
146 |
0.46 |
Adequate |
Perceived Support Network Inventory (PSNI) |
Undergraduate students, |
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Brock, D. M., Sarason, I. G., Sarason, B. R., & Pierce, G. R. (1996). Simultaneous assessment of perceived global and relationship specific support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 143–152.
Brown, S. D., Brady, T., Lent, R. W., Wolfert, J., & Hall, S. (1987). Perceived social support among college students: Three studies of the psychometric characteristics and counseling uses of the Social Support Inventory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 34, 337–354.
Cohen, S., & Hoberman, H. M. (1983). Positive events and social supports as buffers of life change stress. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 13, 99–125.
Cohen, L., McGowan, J., Fooskas, S., & Rose, S. (1984). Positive life events and social support and the relationship between life stress and psychological disorder. American Journal of Community Psychology, 12(5), 567-587.
Crase, S., Hockaday, C., & Mccarville, P. (2006). Brief report: Perceptions of positive and negative support: Do they differ for pregnant/parenting adolescents and nonpregnant, nonparenting adolescents? Journal of Adolescence, 30, 505-512.
Emmons, R., Colby, P. (1995). Emotional conflict and well-being: Relation to perceived availability, daily utilization, and observer reports of social support. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68(5), 947-959.
Forbes, A., & Roger, D. (1999). Stress, social support and fear of disclosure. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 165-179.
Jacobson, R., & Robins, C. (1989). Social dependency and social support in bulimic and nonbulimic women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 8(6), 665-670.
Keller, S., Zoellner, L., & Feeny, N. (2010). Understanding factors associated with early therapeutic alliance in PTSD treatment: Adherence, childhood sexual abuse history, and social support. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78(6), 974-979.
Keller, S., Feeny, N., & Zoellner, L. (2013). Depression sudden gains and transient depression spikes during treatment for PTSD. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(1), 102-111.
Lakey, B., & Cassady, P. B. (1990). Cognitive processes in perceived social support. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 337–343.
Lakey, B., Tardiff, T. A., & Drew, J. B. (1994). Negative social interactions: Assessment and relation to social support, cognition, and psychological distress. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13, 42–62.
Leavy, R., & Adams, E. (1986). Feminism as a correlate of self-esteem, self-acceptance, and social support among lesbians. Psychology of Women Quarterly, (10), 321-326.
Mrayyan, M. (2009). Job stressors and social support behaviors: Comparing intensive care units to wards in Jordan. Contemporary Nurse, 31 (2), 163-175.
Newland, J., & Furnham, A. (1999). Perceived availability of social support. Personality and Individual Differences, 27, 659–663.
Pretty, G., Conroy, C., Dugay, J., Fowler, K., & Williams, D. (1996). Sense of community and its relevance to adolescents of all ages. Journal of Community Psychology, 24(4), 365-379.
Sandler, I. N., & Barrera, M. Jr. (1984). Toward a multimethod approach to assessing the effects of social support. American Journal of Community Psychology, 12, 37–52.
Sandler, I., & Lakey, B. (1982). Locus of control as a stress moderator: The role of control perceptions and social support. American Journal of Community Psychology, 10(1), 65-80.
Siantz, M. (1990). Maternal acceptance/rejection of Mexican migrant mothers. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 14, 245-254.
Stokes, J. (1985). The relation of social network and individual difference variables to loneliness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48(4), 981-990.
Swickert, R., Rosentreter, C., Hittner, J. & Mushrush, J. (2002) Extravertion, social support process, and stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 877-891.
Waggener, N. M., & Galassi, J. P. (1993). The relation of frequency, satisfaction, and type of socially supportive behaviors to psychological adjustment in marital separation. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 21, 139–159.
We have reviewed more than 500 instruments for use with a number of diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury among several others.