Social support as a predictor of quality of life: Turkish validation of two-way social support scale

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ABSTRACT

The extant literature has merely focused on the receiving aspect of support. However, social relationships involve complex interactions, including receiving and giving support, the instrument that measures the bidirectional structure of social support has become crucial for improving the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals. This paper aims to adapt and assess aTurkish version of two-way social support scale. The validation of the Turkish version of the two-way social support scale was conducted on a sample of 252 university students and 278 community samples. Findings indicated that the 4-factor model fit the data well and support construct validity. Results also provided preliminary support for convergent validity. Low correlations (.21 to.45) between two-way social support sub-scales and altruism scale suggested the existence of divergent validity. Internal consistency reliability analyses revealed Cronbach’s alpha values between.80 and.90 for each subscale. The predictiveness of the two-way social support scale was tested with life satisfaction and well-being scales. The results provided partial support for the predictive validity of two samples.

KEYWORDS:

• Giving social support
• receiving social support
• instrumental support
• emotional support
• Turkey

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Informed consent was taken by all participants and anonymity of the answers were ensured.

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