Abstract
Social support is a useful cornerstone concept that describes how positive human relationships and social networks allow people to overcome stressful events they face during their lives and to find themselves in a state of relative well-being. This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Social Support Appraisals Scale (SS-A) in a Peruvian sample. Participants were 417 undergraduate’s students in Metropolitan Lima (Mage = 21.78, SD = 4.09). Cross-sectional data was collected after approval by the ethical committee and authorization of all parties involved. A theoretical three-factor model was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Results showed good fit indexes and revealed that the SS-A’s three-dimensional structure was invariant across gender and presented adequate reliability. Likewise, social support showed significant correlations to academic stress. Although the results’ generalizability due to the non-random nature of the data presents a caveat, the current findings reveal preliminary evidence that the adapted version of the Social Support Appraisals Scale is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of perceived social support in this sample of Peruvian college students.
Highlights
RESUMEN El apoyo social es un concepto fundamental que describe cómo las relaciones humanas positivas y las redes sociales permiten a las personas superar eventos estresantes y encontrarse en un estado de relativo bienestar
The present study aims to examine some psychometric properties of the adapted version of the Support Appraisals Scale (SS-A) within a Peruvian university student sample
The three-factor model showed a good fit of the data, with SB-χ2 (87) = 184.22, Comparative Fix Index (CFI) = 0.99, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.05, 90% CI [0.04, 0.06]
Summary
RESUMEN El apoyo social es un concepto fundamental que describe cómo las relaciones humanas positivas y las redes sociales permiten a las personas superar eventos estresantes y encontrarse en un estado de relativo bienestar. A pesar de que una de las limitaciones está relacionada a la naturaleza no aleatoria de los datos, los hallazgos revelan evidencia preliminar que el Social Support Appraisals Scale es un instrumento confiable y con evidencias de validez para la evaluación del apoyo social percibido en esta muestra de estudiantes universitarios peruanos. 196) that encompasses different elements such as network resources, supportive acts, and subjective appraisals. This last aspect is relevant to defining social support as a concept. The student perception of social support is a coping strategy that enhances academic achievement preventing school disengagement (Gutiérrez et al, 2017)
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