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 |