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Social Relationship Coping Efficacy Scale: Validity and reliability study.

Hatice Çakır¹, Meryem Yılmaz²

¹Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Malatya Turgut Özal University, Turkey.

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

|June 25, 2026

Summary

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The Turkish version of the Social Relationship Coping Efficacy Scale (SRCE-TR) is a valid tool for cancer patients. It effectively measures coping efficacy in maintaining social relationships, supported by resilience and family support.

Keywords:

Cancer coping efficacy psychological resilience scale validation self-efficacy social relationships social support

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Area of Science:

Psychometric validation of health outcome measures.
Oncology and supportive care research.
Social sciences and psychological assessment.

Background:

The Social Relationship Coping Efficacy Scale (SRCE) assesses cancer patients' ability to maintain social connections.
Adapting and validating the SRCE for the Turkish population is crucial for culturally relevant research.

Purpose of the Study:

To adapt the Social Relationship Coping Efficacy Scale (SRCE) into Turkish (SRCE-TR).
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the SRCE-TR in adult cancer patients.

Main Methods:

Methodological study involving 202 adult cancer patients in Türkiye.
Data collection using SRCE-TR, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS).
Psychometric evaluation included content validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis, convergent validity (correlation, regression), and reliability (Cronbach's alpha, test-retest).

Main Results:

Exploratory Factor Analysis confirmed a single-factor structure for SRCE-TR, explaining 51.13% of variance.
SRCE-TR showed moderate construct validity, with significant correlations with MSPSS (r=0.308) and BRS (r=0.310).
Perceived family support and resilience significantly predicted SRCE-TR scores (R²adj=0.219, p<0.001).

Conclusions:

The SRCE-TR is a valid and reliable instrument.
It can be used to assess coping efficacy in maintaining social relationships among Turkish cancer patients.