Adaptation and psychometric properties of questionnaires: social support transactions (SST) and social support satisfaction (SSS)

Abstract

This article examines the validity and reliability of the questionnaire of social transaction support (CTSS) and satisfaction questionnaire of social support (CSSS) in a sample of the "Lomo de Corvina" fire victims and in a sample of college students. These two questionnaires analyze four aspects of social support: received social support, perceived social support, instrumental social support and social emotional support. The results of the factor analysis confirm that the factorial structure of the scale is between adequate to good, as does the reliability of most of the subscales of the two tests. It is recommended that a larger number of studies with these scales to explore even more its factorial structure, and learn about the relevance of the different types of social support in the pursuit of wellbeing.