scholarly journals The ARSQ: The Athletes’ Received Support Questionnaire

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Freeman ◽  
Pete Coffee ◽  
Tjerk Moll ◽  
Tim Rees ◽  
Nadine Sammy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nomological Validity ◽  
Higher Order Models

To address calls for context-specific measurement of social support, this article reports the development of the Athletes’ Received Support Questionnaire (ARSQ) and demonstrates initial evidence for its validity. Across four studies there was support for a four-dimensional structure reflecting emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible received support. There was also support for unidimensional and higher-order models. Further, Study 3 provided some support for convergent validity, with significant correlations between the corresponding dimensions of the ARSQ and the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors. Study 4 provided evidence for the nomological validity of the ARSQ. Emotional and esteem support significantly predicted self-confidence and positive affect, and tangible support significantly moderated the relationship between stress and negative affect. Collectively, these results provide initial evidence for the validity of the ARSQ, and offer researchers flexibility to adopt either a multidimensional or aggregated approach to measuring received support.

scholarly journals Preliminary Evidence on the Validity of the Brazilian Short Work Attachment Measure - SWAM Version

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexsandro Luiz De Andrade ◽  
Rosana Suemi Tokumaru ◽  
Michael Leiter
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Psychometric Evidence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Attachment

Abstract There is growing interest on the relationship between attachment and work- or career-related decisions. However, to this date, there are no scientific reports assessing adult attachment in work environment in Brazilian samples. This study aimed to adapt and collect psychometric evidence from the Short Work Attachment Measure for Brazilian Portuguese. A total of 450 adults (62.2% women; mean age = 23.8 years old) from a Southeastern state of Brazil participated in this research. Exploratory and confirmatory factorial procedures replicated the original version of the two-dimensional structure of the measure. The McDonald’s Omega accuracy indicators were higher than 0.78 for the instrument. Evidence of convergent validity was observed with a measure of attachment to romantic relationships and life satisfaction. We concluded that the Brazilian version of SWAM presents adequate psychometric properties

The Role of Youth’s Ratings of the Importance of Socially Supportive Behaviors in the Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Concept

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray ◽  
Christine Kerres Malecki ◽  
Sandra Yu Rueger ◽  
Sarah E. Brown ◽  
Kelly Hodgson Summers
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Urinary Incontinence and Psychological Distress in Older Adults

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie M. Corna ◽  
John Cairney
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Canadian Community Health Survey ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Community Health Survey ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTWhile an association between UI and psychological distress among older adults has been established in the literature, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain less clear. Using a sample of 4,689 older adults from the Canadian Community Health Survey (1.1), we test the potential mediating and moderating effects of four dimensions of social support on the UI–distress relationship. Incontinent older adults are significantly more likely to report higher levels of distress than continent adults. Although we do not find support for a mediating effect of any of the dimensions of social support, we do report a significant interaction between one dimension of social support (tangible support) and UI. A buffering effect of tangible support is evident for continent – but not incontinent – respondents. These findings emphasize the need to assess the types of social support and the context in which they operate.

The Association of Social Support and Leisure Time Physical Activity With Mental Health Among Individuals With Cancer

2020 ◽  
pp. 089011712096132
Author(s):  
Jaehyun Kim ◽  
Junhyoung Kim ◽  
Ronald D. Williams ◽  
Areum Han
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This study examined the relationship among social support, leisure time physical activity (LTPA), and mental health among people with cancer. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting and participants: Using the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey, we extracted data of 504 respondents who had been diagnosed with any of the 22 types of cancer listed in the survey questionnaire. Measures: As independent variables, we assessed 3 different types of support: emotional, informational, and tangible support. As mediating and outcome variables, we measured LTPA and mental health, respectively. Analysis: Using AMOS version 22, a path analysis was conducted to measure model fit. A mediation test was then conducted using bootstrapping procedures. Results: The hypothesized model provided an acceptable fit to the data. Specifically, emotional support ( b = .15, p = .005), informational support ( b = .13, p = .008), tangible support ( b = .12, p = .010), and LTPA ( b = .14, p = .001) were significantly associated with mental health. We revealed a significant mediating effect of LPTA on the relationship between emotional support and mental health (Estimate = .037, 95% CI = .001–.098, p < .05). Conclusion: Social support and LTPA played a significant role in promoting mental health among people with cancer. In particular, the results confirmed that individuals with cancer who reported receiving emotional support tended to engage in LTPA and thus reported better mental health.

scholarly journals Pandemic grief in Poland: adaptation of a measure and its relationship with social support and resilience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Skalski ◽  
Karol Konaszewski ◽  
Paweł Dobrakowski ◽  
Janusz Surzykiewicz ◽  
Sherman A. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Complicated Grief ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMillions of people are mourning the death of a loved to COVID-19. According to previous studies, the circumstances of coronavirus disease-related deaths may lead to dysfunctional grief. The purpose of this study was to introduce the Polish adaptation of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) as well as to assess the relationship between dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death, resilience and perceived social support. The adaptation was carried out on a general population sample of 286 individuals aged 18–54 years, with the evaluation being performed on a group comprising 214 people aged 18–78 years, who lost a loved one during the pandemic. The Polish version of PGS revealed a single-factor structure with strong internal consistency (α = 0.89). The PGS scores were associated with measures of complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief), depression (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale) and lower resilience (Resilience Scale 14), which confirmed the scale’s convergent validity. No relation between PGS scores and health behaviors (Inventory of Health Behaviors) was observed, which confirmed the scale’s discriminant validity. The results of the bootstrapping technique revealed that resilience mediates the relationship between perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) and dysfunctional grief (total mediation). The results of this study suggest the need for practitioners to focus on resilience-enhancing interventions and perceived social support in order to improve mental health in people who lost their loved ones during the new coronavirus pandemic.

scholarly journals Pandemic Grief in Poland: Adaptation of a Measure and its relationship with Social Support and Resilience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Skalski ◽  
Karol Konaszewski ◽  
Paweł Dobrakowski ◽  
Janusz Surzykiewicz ◽  
Sherman Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Complicated Grief ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Millions of people are mourning the death of a loved to COVID-19. According to previous studies, the circumstances of coronavirus disease-related deaths may lead to dysfunctional grief. The purpose of this study was to introduce the Polish adaptation of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) as well as to assess the relationship between dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death, resilience and perceived social support. The adaptation was carried out on a general population sample of 286 individuals aged 18–54 years, with the evaluation being performed on a group comprising 214 people aged 18–78 years, who lost a loved one during the pandemic. The Polish version of PGS revealed a single-factor structure with strong internal consistency (α = 0.89). The PGS scores were associated with measures of complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief), depression (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale) and lower resilience (Resilience Scale 14), which confirmed the scale’s convergent validity. No relation between PGS scores and health behaviors (Inventory of Health Behaviors) was observed, which confirmed the scale’s discriminant validity. The results of the bootstrapping technique revealed that resilience mediates the relationship between perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) and dysfunctional grief (total mediation). The results of this study suggest the need for practitioners to focus on resilience-enhancing interventions and perceived social support in order to improve mental health in people who lost their loved ones during the new coronavirus pandemic.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFFECTIVE TEMPERAMENT AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT

2021 ◽  
pp. 025
Author(s):  
Dušan Vlajić ◽  
Danica Trajković
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Medical Outcomes ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Support Scale ◽  
Affective Temperament ◽  
Serbian Version ◽  
Hyperthymic Temperament ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines whether people with different affective temperament (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable, anxiety-cognitive, anxiety-somatic and mixed) differ in terms of perceived social support. The sample is a convenience one, uniform by gender, consisting of 200 people under the age of 35. The instruments used in the research are: the Serbian version of the TEMPS-A scale, which assesses five affective temperaments, and the Serbian version of the Social Support Scale of the Study of Medical Outcomes (MOS-SSS). The results show that the depressive temperament perceives social support to a lesser extent than the cyclothymic (p <.05), hyperthymic (p <.01), anxiety-cognitive (p <.05) and mixed temperament (p <.05). On the other hand, the hyperthymic temperament is more prone to perceiving social support than the cyclothymic (p <.05) and anxiety-somatic temperaments are (p <.05). The main conclusion of this research is that hyperthymic temperament, which is characterized by most desirable traits such as optimism, sociability, self-confidence and eloquence, perceives its social environment to be more supportive than other temperaments, which is a consequence of its characteristics and the adequate communication of its own needs

scholarly journals The PASS-Q: The Perceived Available Support in Sport Questionnaire

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Freeman ◽  
Pete Coffee ◽  
Tim Rees
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Structure Correlations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Tangible Support

This article provides initial evidence for the construct validity of the Perceived Available Support in Sport Questionnaire (PASS-Q), which assesses emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible support. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses provided evidence for a four-dimension factor structure. Correlations supported hypothesized relationships between the PASS-Q dimensions and the Social Support Survey questions (Richman, Rosenfeld, & Hardy, 1993). In Study 2, the four-dimension factor structure was supported in an independent sample. Further, higher levels of perceived available emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible support were associated with higher levels of self-confidence and lower levels of burnout. Researchers are encouraged to use the PASS-Q to examine the effects of perceived available support in sport contexts.

Measuring Social Support among Older Adults

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Krause ◽  
Kyriakos Markides
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Supportive Relationships ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Individual Support ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to introduce a measure of natural supportive behaviors for use in studies that examine the relationship between stress, social support, and health among older adults. The index improves on existing measures in three ways: it avoids problems arising from confounding potentially supportive relationships with support that is actually received; the scale also assesses variations in individual support needs; and it measures four distinct dimensions of social support (informational support, tangible help, emotional support, and integration). Based on data from a random community survey of 351 older adults, the basic psychometric properties and the factor structure of the scale are explored. The predictive validity of the scale is demonstrated by showing that the dimensions of support buffer the stressful effects of bereavement on depressive symptoms.

Does Ego-Resilience Impact Friendship Outcomes?

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth B. Lozano ◽  
Mahzad Hojjat ◽  
Judith Sims-Knight
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Ego Resilience ◽  
Maintenance Behaviors ◽  
Received Social Support ◽  
Trait Resilience ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. The present study examined the relationship between resilience and positive outcomes in friendships of young adults. SEM and bootstrapping analyses were performed to test whether positive emotions mediate the relationship between ego-resilience and enhanced friendship outcomes. Findings revealed indirect effects for friendship closeness, maintenance behaviors, and received social support. Our findings demonstrate the importance of positive emotions and its connection with trait resilience in the realm of friendships.

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