title: A review of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale for Healthy Behaviors.
abstract: Assessing an instrument's psychometric properties to determine appropriateness for use can be a challenging process. Dissecting the statistical terminology may be even more perplexing. There are several instruments that evaluate adolescents' perceived social support, but a fairly new instrument related to this construct assesses not only the availability of social support but also support for healthy behaviors in this population. The Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale for Healthy Behaviors, first published in 2013, demonstrates adequate initial reliability and validity. The purpose of this article is to review the psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale for Healthy Behaviors and potential uses of the instrument.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Faculty (Dr Cullum), School of Nursing, San Diego State University; Professor (Dr Mayo), Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, University of San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Kristiana G H
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Cullum
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mayo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires