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  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Health & Well-being

Background:

  • Friendships are vital for adult well-being.
  • Existing friendship satisfaction measures have limitations, including age-appropriateness and focus on individual relationships rather than networks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a psychometrically sound measure of friendship satisfaction for adults.
  • To address limitations of previous measures by focusing on the friendship network.

Main Methods:

  • Assembled an item pool from existing measures and friendship research.
  • Conducted factor analyses and bi-factor modeling on data from two online surveys (over 2000 respondents each).
  • Utilized item response theory (IRT) to refine the instrument.

Main Results:

  • Factor analyses identified two correlated factors: closeness and socializing.
  • Bi-factor modeling indicated a strong general factor, supporting a unidimensional composite score.
  • A reliable 14-item instrument, the Friendship Network Satisfaction (FNS) Scale, was developed with adequate validity.

Conclusions:

  • The Friendship Network Satisfaction (FNS) Scale is a psychometrically sound instrument.
  • The FNS Scale can advance research on adult friendships and social well-being across the lifespan.