NDACAN Measure Details

Description:

Designed to examine the degree to which respondent’s social relationships provide various dimensions of social support. The instrument contains 24 items, four for each of the following: Attachment, Social Integration, Reassurance of Worth, Reliable Alliance, Guidance, and Opportunity for Nurturance. Half of the items describe the presence of a type of support and the others describe the absence of a type of support.

Citations

Cutrona, C.E. & Russell, D. (1987). The provisions of social relationships and adaptation to stress. In Jones, H. & Perlman, D. (Eds.), Advances in personal relationships: A research annual, 1987 (pp. 37-67). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.