Perceived Social Risk Scale: development and validation in relation to social status and depression in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate the Perceived Social Risk Scale (PSRS) for assessing perceptions of socially risky behaviours, and to validate it against existing psychological measures such as perceived social status and depressive symptoms in a UK sample of older adolescents and adults.

Design

A cross-sectional study involving exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the Cardiff University's Department of Psychology participant pool (students completing studies for course credit) and Prolific Academic (a crowdsourcing platform for research volunteers). Data collection occurred between 17 February and 6 May 2024.

Participants

A total of 640 UK participants, including both men and women, aged 18-65.

Main outcom

SUBMITTER: Newton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516996 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature