THE ADAPTATION STUDY OF THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS SCALE TO TURKISH

Provision of Social Relationship Scale was developed to measure perception of social support according to provision of social relationship by Turner, Frankel & Levin (1983). The purpose of the present study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Provision of Social Relations Scale in Turkish society. The reliability study of the Provision of Social Relations Scale on 1070 primary school students revealed an internal consistency of Cronbach Alpha .81 and a test-retest reliability coefficient of .85. Family support subscale internal consistency of .74, friend support subscale internal consistency of .75 According to the confirmatory factor analysis which is applied for reliability, it was determined that Provision of Social Relations Scale can be accepted as a valid and reliable tool which can be used for primary school secondary degree students.