The Study of Social Support Home Page
This page is provided the Florida State University Traumatology Institute as a public service to those interested in using the Purdue Social Support Scale developed by Sandra Burge, Ph.D. and Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. at Purdue University in the early 1980s and revised since that time. The most recent version is here. The psychometric properties were published in Burge & Figley, 1987. A copy was included in the appedix in the book, Helping Traumatized Families (Figley, 1989). Universal permission is granted as long as the user follows these rules: (1) do not change any item without permission from CR Figley; (2) send a copy of a report of the findings, particularly estimates of reliabilty and validity to CR Figley at the Florida State University Traumatology Institute, School of Social WOrk, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570 USA or send an Email with the information.References:.
Burge, S. K. and Figley, C. R. (1987). The social support scale: Development and initial estimates of reliability and validity. Victimology, 12: 1, 14-22.
Figley, C. R. (1989). Helping Traumatized Families. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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