A shortened version of the Social Support Questionnaire of Saranson et al gives 6 of the items in the 27-item questionnaire. This is intended for use in situations when there is not enough time to complete the 27-item questionnaire.
The instrument consists of 6 questions.
Short Form Item
Position in the 27 Item Questionnaire
1
8
2
17
3
19
4
20
5
23
6
25
NOTE: In Table 3, page 503, Saranson (1987), the first item of the 6-item short form is given as the ninth item in the 27-item questionnaire. The text is as given above (first item); this is the eighth item in the 27-item questionnaire. The ninth item in the 27-item questionnaire is: "Whom can you really count on to be dependable when you need help?"
Listing People Resources
Listing support people:
(1) The names of people who could provide the support are written in.
(2) A maximum of 9 people can be listed on the questionnaire form.
overall support score =
= MEAN(number of support people for each of the 27 items)
Scoring Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Points
very satisfied
6
fairly satisfied
5
a little satisfied
4
a little dissatisfied
3
fairly dissatisfied
2
very dissatisfied
1
overall satisfaction score =
= MEAN (satisfaction score for each of the 27 items)
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