About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Parent; Teacher; Classmate; Close friend |
| Description | CASSS is a measure of perceived social support. There are 2 versions of this scale with a high degree of overlap- the Level 1 version is for children aged 8-12 and the Level 2 version is for children aged 12-18. |
| Example | My parents express pride in me |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229543051_Measuring_perceived_social_support_Development_of_the_child_and_adolescent_social_support_scale_CASSS |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 40 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .87-.93 |
| Test retest | After 8 weeks, r= [.60,.76] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Level 1: Chi-square= 1366.14, p< .001 df= 734 RMSEA= .05 CFI= .91 NNFI= .90 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Social Skills Rating System, r= [.03,.22]; Student Self-Concept Scale, r= [.22,.59]; Behavioral Assessment System for Children, r= [-.39,.34] (Both levels assessed together) |
| Concurrent validity | Social Support Scale for Children, r= [.55,.70] |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Kerres Malecki, C., & Kilpatrick Demary, M. (2001). Measuring perceived social support: Development of the child and adolescent social support scale (CASSS). Psychology in the Schools, 39(1), 1–18. doi:10.1002/pits.10004 |