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Social Psychology

Eastern Illinois University

2024

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Further Psychometric Examination Of The Late Adolescent Social Support Inventory, Nicole Shaffer Jan 2024

Further Psychometric Examination Of The Late Adolescent Social Support Inventory, Nicole Shaffer

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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 …