1. Amalia Raquel Pérez-Nebra
Ana Luísa de M. L. Balbi
Amalia Raquel Pérez-Nebra
Translation and Validation of the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors to Brazilian Portuguese Tradução e Adaptação do Inventário de Comportamentos de Suporte Social

2. Introduction Social Support
Social support is a concept that includes many kinds of behaviors and that is connected to the ways of social conviviality, being considered essential to those.
Coping strategies

3. This study had as the main goal to translate and adapt, through factorial analysis and concurrent validation, the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (ISSB)

4. Justification
The reasoning behind this study was the need of a validated instrument in Portuguese to evaluate the perception of social support that defines the three factors suggested by the literature.

5. Participantes 331 respondents with ages varying between 18 e 65;
72,8% were university students;
Mean age = 24,9 (10,6);

6. Material
Translation of the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (ISSB) from Barrera Jr. study.
Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) by Siqueira, 2008;
Demographic data;

7. Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors
3 factors vs
Emotional Support
Informational Support
Practical Support
Guidance
Cognitive Information
Social Interaction
Emotional support
Tangible assistance
5 factors

8. Results Dimensão Emotional Tangible Informatiolnal
Emotional Support (Siqueira)
0,625**
0,253**
0,395**
Practical Support(Siqueira)
0,706**
0,647**
0,464**
No items 12 9 10
Crombach Alfa
0.88
0.79

9. Amalia Raquel Pérez-Nebra
Ana Luísa de M. L. Balbi
Amalia Raquel Pérez-Nebra
Translation and Validation of the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors to Brazilian Portuguese Tradução e Adaptação do Inventário de Comportamentos de Suporte Social

11. Barrera, M., Jr. (1980). A method for assessment of social support networks in community survey research. Connections, 3, 8 – 18.
Siqueira, M. M. M. (2008). Construção e Validação da Escala de Percepção de Suporte Social. Psicologia em Estudo, 13, 381 – 388.