An Azerbaijani Adaptation of The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List: Exploring the Relationship between Interpersonal Support, Wellbeing, Psychological Resilience, Depression, Anxiety and Stress

Abstract Adapting the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) to the Azerbaijani context is of critical importance for ensuring the valid and reliable assessment of perceived social support within the cultural and linguistic framework. The identification and evaluation of interpersonal support are essential, as empirical evidence consistently highlights its role as a key protective factor contributing to individuals’ psychological resilience, wellbeing, and overall mental health. This study addresses this gap by adapting ISEL for Azerbaijani students. The study sample consisted of 551 university students enrolled in Azerbaijani universities. The adaptation process included confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), assessment of criterion-related validity, and reliability testing. Additionally, network analysis was employed to investigate the relationships between interpersonal support and well-being, psychological resilience, depression, anxiety, and stress. The adaptation process included performing a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the applicability of the original 12-item structure of the scale within the Azerbaijani cultural context. The CFA findings revealed a refined structure consisting of 9 items across three distinct factors, exhibiting an acceptable model fit. Furthermore, the scale demonstrated high internal consistency, as evidenced by robust reliability coefficients, including Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega, and Guttman’s lambda. Furthermore, the findings revealed that interpersonal support and well-being were negatively associated with depression, stress, and anxiety, and positively associated with psychological resilience. These results suggest that the Azerbaijani version of the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List possesses strong psychometric properties.