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Further Psychometric Examination Of The Late Adolescent Social Support Inventory, Nicole Shaffer
Further Psychometric Examination Of The Late Adolescent Social Support Inventory, Nicole Shaffer
Masters Theses
The current study set out to provide validity evidence for the Late Adolescent Social Support Inventory (LASSI), a scale designed to measure the perception of the availability of social support. Participants were recruited from undergraduate psychology courses at Eastern Illinois University. There were 69 participants who completed the LASSI, an alternative measure of social support (the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, shortened version; ISEL – 12), measures of depression, anxiety and stress (the subscales of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, short version; DASS – 21), and a measure of satisfaction with life (the Satisfaction with Life Scale; SWLS). All scales demonstrated …
Does Social Support Mediate The Relationship Between Locus Of Control And Activity Levels?, Leah L. Oglesby
Does Social Support Mediate The Relationship Between Locus Of Control And Activity Levels?, Leah L. Oglesby
Masters Theses
The aim of the present study is to examine the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between internal locus of control (LOC) and engagement in activity, treating general physical activity and deliberate exercise as specific and separate domains. Two models will be investigated: a domain-general model and an exercise-specific model, the former examining the mediating effect of general social support on the relationship between health locus of control and general physical activity and the latter examining the mediating effect of exercise-specific social support on the relationship between exercise LOC and deliberate exercise engagement. Survey responses from 279 college-aged …