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The MOS social support survey

Sherbourne, Cathy Donald, Stewart, Anita L.·1991·Social Science & Medicine

Abstract

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a brief, multidimensional, self-administered, social support survey that was developed for patients in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study of patients with chronic conditions. This survey was designed to be comprehensive in terms of recent thinking about the various dimensions of social support. In addition, it was designed to be distinct from other related measures. We present a summary of the major conceptual issues considered when choosing items for the social support battery, describe the items, and present findings based on data from 2987 patients (ages 18 and older). Multitrait scaling analyses supported the dimensionality of four functional support scales (emotional/informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction) and the construction of an overall functional social support index. These support measures are distinct from structural measures of social support and from related health measures. They are reliable (all Alphas greater than 0.91), and are fairly stable over time. Selected construct validity hypotheses were supported.

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  1. Rogers W. McGlynn E., Berry S. et al. Survey design and data collection. In Measuring Behavioral Functioning and Well-being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach (Edited by Stewart A. and Ware J.E. Jr). In Press.
  2. Stewart A. and Ware J.E. Jr(Eds) Measuring Behavioral Functioning and Well-being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach. In press.
  3. Cutrona, 1987, The provisions of social relationships and adaptation to stress, Vol. 1

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Authors
Sherbourne, C. D., & Stewart, A. L.
Affiliations
  • RAND Corporation (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1991-01
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pages
705-714
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2110356839
Cited by
6,643
References
58
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
social support, Medical Outcomes Study, chronic disease, functional social support, emotional support, information support, tangible support, affectionate support, positive social interaction, construct validity, reliability statistics, scale development, self-administered questionnaire
MeSH terms
Adult, Health Status, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Statistics as Topic, Reproducibility of Results

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