Validation of the Student Social Support Scale

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Student social support is the social support that children and adolescents receive from parents, teachers, classmates, and close friends. In this research, the factor structure of the student social support scale has been investigated on the 10th grade students of Shiraz city. Methods: The participants in the research were 200 students (146 girls and 54 boys) who were selected from the 10th grade students of Shiraz city by available sampling method. Participants completed Knowlton's (1994) Student Social Support Scale (SSSS) after translating it into Persian and ensuring the adequacy of the Persian version. Results: The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor model of the student social support scale is approved. Cronbach's alpha coefficient (39) was satisfactory for the whole index and 4 scales were extracted.. Conclusion: : Based on the reliability and validity obtained from the student social support scale, this tool can be used to evaluate students' social support from their parents, teachers, classmates, and close friends