scholarly journals Validation of a brief version of the Social Provisions Scale using Canadian national survey data

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 323-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Orpana ◽  
Justin J. Lang ◽  
Kim Yurkowski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Canadian Community Health Survey ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Community Health Survey ◽  
Social Provisions ◽  
Adequate Measurement

Introduction The 10-item Social Provisions Scale (SPS-10) has been implemented to measure social support in a number of national surveys in Canada. The objective of this study was to reduce the SPS-10 to a brief, five-item scale (SPS-5), while maintaining adequate measurement properties. Methods Data from individuals aged 18 years and older who responded to the Social Provisions Scale module in the Canadian Community Health Survey 2012 Mental Health Focus cycle (CCHS 2012 MH) and the Canadian Community Health Survey 2017 Annual cycle (CCHS 2017) were analyzed. We used exploratory factor analysis and item-to-total correlations from the CCHS 2012 MH data to choose items. A correlation analysis between the SPS-5, SPS-10 and related positive mental health (PMH) constructs were used to assess the criterion-related validity of the SPS-5 compared to the SPS-10. A confirmatory factor analysis using data from the CCHS 2017 was conducted to confirm the factor structure of the SPS-5. Results The SPS-5 showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.88) and similar correlations as the SPS-10 with related PMH constructs. The SPS-5 and SPS-10 were also very highly correlated (r = 0.97). The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that a single factor model of the SPS-5 fit the data well. The SPS-5 and SPS-10 yield similar estimates of high social support, of 92.7 and 91.5%, respectively. Conclusion The new SPS-5 demonstrated adequate measurement properties, and functioned in a similar manner to the SPS-10, supporting a reduced version of the Scale. The SPS-5 is a feasible and valid alternative to the SPS-10 that could be used to reduce respondent burden on national health surveys.

scholarly journals Uji Validitas Konstruk Pada Instrumen International Personality Item Pool Dengan Metode Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Malini Ulfah
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Social Provisions

Dukungan sosial adalah pemberian bantuan dari seseorang kepada orang lain berupa perhatian emosional, bantuan materil, pemberian informasi, penghargaan, pujian, pemecahan masalah dan bantuan nyata, sehingga orang yang mendapatkan dukungan tersebut merasa dihargai dan dicintai. Salah satu bagian dari dukungan sosial adalah dukungan teman sebaya. Hal tersebut bisa berupa penerimaan dari teman terhadap individu, yang menimbulkan persepsi dalam dirinya bahwa ia disayangi, diperhatikan, dihargai, dan ditolong, sehingga menimbulkan perasaan bahwa kita memiliki arti bagi orang lain atau menjadi bagian dari jaringannya. Menurut Weiss (dalam Cutrona dan Russell, 1987) komponen dukungan sosial meliputi pemenuhan 6 hal kebutuhan, yaitu emotional attachment, social integration, reassurance of worth, reliable alliance, guidance, dan opportunity for nurturance. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji validitas kostruk instrumen tersebut. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari santri kelas 1 extention Pondok Pesantren Daar El- Qolam yang berjumlah 204 orang. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengujinya adalah confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) menggunakan software LISREL 8.70. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bawa seluruh item yang berjumlah 23 item bersifat unidimensional. Artinya seluruh item hanya mengukur satu faktor saja, sehingga model satu faktor yang diteorikan oleh The Social Provisions Scale dapat diterima. Social support is the provision of assistance from someone to others in the form emotional attention, material assistance, information giving, appreciation, praise, problem solving and real help so that people who get that support feel valued and loved. One of the parts of social support is peer support. This can be in the form of acceptance from friends to individuals, which gives rise to a perception in him/her that he/she is loved, cared for, appreciated, and helped, giving rise to feelings that we matter to others. According to Weiss (in Cutrona and Russel, 1987) the component of social support includes the fulfillment of six things: emotional attachment, social integration, reassurance of worth, reliable alliance, guidance, and opportunity for nurturance. This study aims to examine the validity of the boarding instrument. The data in this research were obtained from students in class 1 extention of Daar El-Qolam Islamic Boarding School with 204 people. The method that used to test them is confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using LISREL 8.70 as the software. The results of this research show that all items, totaling 23 items, are unidimensional. This means that all items only measure one factor so that a one-factor model theorized by The Social Provisions Scale is acceptable.

scholarly journals Development and validation of the 10-item Social Provisions Scale (SPS-10) Japanese version

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fujika Katsuki ◽  
Atsurou Yamada ◽  
Masaki Kondo ◽  
Hanayo Sawada ◽  
Norio Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
Factor Analysis Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Social Provisions

Abstract Objective: The Social Provisions Scale is one of the most widely used measures of perceived social support. Our aim was to develop and validate the Japanese version of the 10-item Social Provisions Scale (SPS-10) to be able to evaluate the social support of individuals easily in Japan. Results: The English version of the SPS-10 questionnaire was translated to Japanese and cross-culturally adapted. The SPS-10 Japanese version was administered to 72 mothers (age, mean ± standard deviation, 55.1 ± 6.7 years) of patients with eating disorders. The construct validity of the SPS-10 Japanese version was examined by comparing their scores with the scores on other scales: Pearson’s correlation coefficient was -0.79 with the UCLA Loneliness Scale, -0.44 with the Beck Depression Inventory, and -0.39 with the K6. Cronbach’s α as a measure of internal consistency was good at 0.89. Structural validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. The confirmatory factor analysis model showed satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices except for RMSEA (CFI=0.894, GFI=0.871, AGFI=0.716, RMSEA=0.14). All items had high loadings on the respective factors, ranging from 0.48 to 0.88. Our findings supported the construct validity, structural validity, and reliability of the SPS-10 Japanese version in Japanese people as a measure of social provisions.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Dukungan Sosial dan Selfefficacy Terhadap Orientasi Masa Depan Pada Remaja

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Dwirifqi Kharisma Putra ◽  
Nia Tresniasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Provisions ◽  
General Self Efficacy ◽  
Orientation Test

Teenage years determines success in the future. Good teenagers are who are responsible to their own success in the future, known as future orientation. Given how important future orientation is, researchers examined variables which affect future orientation, thus future orientation can be optimalized. Dimensions of social support and self-efficacy chosen as independent variables. Respondents of this study were 326 students of one of high school in Jakarta. Future orientation, measured using Orientation Test–Revised developed by Scheir, Carver, and Bridges (1994). Social Support, measured using The Social Provisions Scale developed by Cutrona and Russel (1987). Self-efficacy, measured using General Self-efficacy Scale developed by Bosscher and Smit (1998). Instruments' validity were tested using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and data was analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis. α=0.05, result of this study shows future orientation was affected by dimensions of social support, self-efficacy, and interaction between reassurance and self-efficacy with R-square = 30.3%.

scholarly journals The Social Side of the Pathways Model: Examining the Mediation of Social Support on the Relationship between Psychopathology and Problem Gambling

2016 ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Van der Maas
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Canadian Community Health Survey ◽  
Gambling Problems ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Community Health Survey ◽  
Social Side ◽  
The Relationship

This study uses a large representative sample of gamblers in the Canadian province of Quebec to examine the relationship between social support and psychopathologies commonly associated with gambling problems. Generalized linear modeling is applied to the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey to find that social support mediates the relationship between mood disorders and problems that a person experiences as a result of gambling. These findings are discussed in the context of developing a framework that understands the features of social support in relation to psychopathological predictors of gambling problems. The study concludes that prominent psychopathological predictors of problem gambling are best understood in the respective contexts of the social environments in which they are found.

scholarly journals Evaluating Longitudinal Invariance in Dimensions of Mental Health Across Adolescence: An Analysis of the Social Behavior Questionnaire

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1234-1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aja Louise Murray ◽  
Ingrid Obsuth ◽  
Manuel Eisner ◽  
Denis Ribeaud
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Residual Variances ◽  
Over Time

Measurement invariance over time (longitudinal invariance) is a core but seldom-tested assumption of many longitudinal studies on adolescent psychosocial development. In this study, we evaluated the longitudinal invariance of a brief measure of adolescent mental health: the Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ). The SBQ was administered to participants of the Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youths in up to four waves spanning ages 11 to 17. Using a confirmatory factor analysis approach, metric invariance held for all constructs, but there were some violations of scalar and strict invariance. Overall, intercepts tended to increase over time while residual variances decreased. This suggests that participants may become more willing or able to identify and report on certain behaviors over time. The noninvariance was not practically significant in magnitude, except for the Anxiety dimension where artifactual increases over development would be liable to occur if invariance is not appropriately modeled. Overall, results support the utility of the SBQ as an omnibus measure of psychosocial health across adolescence.

The Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale (SEAS): a validation study

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hockerts
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Nomological Validity

Purpose – This paper aims to develop and validate measures of four constructs that have often been identified as antecedents of social entrepreneurial behavior: empathy with marginalized people, a feeling of moral obligation to help these, a high level of self-efficacy concerning the ability to effect social change and perceived availability of social support. Nomological validity is demonstrated by showing that, as specified by Mair and Noboa (2006), empathy and moral obligation are positively associated with perceived desirability and self-efficacy and social support with perceived feasibility of starting a social venture. The Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale (SEAS) provides a basis for future research into the effectiveness of social entrepreneurship education, allowing us to study how different educational interventions impact the four SEAS constructs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on data from two surveys of business school students. Data analysis used both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis for this study. Exploratory factor analysis was used on a first sample to establish the number of factors best representing the data, as well as to identify possibly issues with cross-loadings. Next confirmatory factor analysis was used on the second sample to verify the goodness of fit for the model. Finally, nomological validity was confirmed. Findings – First, this article develops and refines measures of empathy, moral obligation, self-efficacy and perceived social support within the context of social entrepreneurship. Second, the article tests the dimensionality of the constructs and shows that they are distinctive. Originality/value – The resulting SEAS instrument adapts constructs such as empathy, moral obligation, self-efficacy and perceived social support to the context of social entrepreneurship and thus provides the basis for future research into the effectiveness of social entrepreneurship education.

Examination of the Validity of the Social Support Survey Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Rees ◽  
Lew Hardy ◽  
David K. Ingledew ◽  
Lynne Evans
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

scholarly journals The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of persons with schizophrenia participating in peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation: a pilot study in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan-Yuan Cheng ◽  
Chia-Feng Yen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Functional Scores ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

Abstract Background Vocational peer support (VPS) services are recovery-oriented interventions in modern psychiatric care for persons with schizophrenia. However, few VPS services are found in Taiwan. Hence, a pilot program of peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation to support persons with schizophrenia in Taiwan was proposed and evaluated. Methods Six peers were trained and were willing to co-lead and assist workplace problem-solving groups and care skills training in an extended vocational rehabilitation program from August 2017 to December 2018. The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of service users were assessed before and after peer co-delivered services, and the assessments were based on the following: Social Support Scale (SSS), Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (CHQ-12), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Global Assessment of Function (GAF), and the Chinese version of the Social Functioning Scale (C-SFS). Results The recruited 46 service users were mostly middle-aged (49.1 ± 9.8), with 27 being male (58.7%). After interventions, 42 service users who completed the program had a significantly increased SSS score (149.1 ± 31.8 vs. 161.2 ± 35.0, df = 41, t = 2.70, p = 0.01) and subscale of friend-peer dimension (44.4 ± 12.0 vs. 53.2 ± 13.2, df = 41, t = 4.72, p < 0.001). The objective (GAF: 69.8 ± 9.8 vs. 72.6 ± 8.8, df = 41, t = 3.50, p = 0.001) and subjective social functional scores (C-SFS: 75.2 ± 8.8 vs. 78.1 ± 9.5, df = 41, t = 2.59, p = 0.01) both significantly increased. The weekly wage elevated significantly (37.5 ± 35.5 vs. 43.6 ± 38.0, df = 41, t = 2.57, p = 0.01) and the BPRS-18 score decreased significantly, too (31.2 ± 6.7 vs. 29.3 ± 5.0, df = 41, t = − 2.83, p = 0.007). Conclusions Peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation services may enhance the social support received by persons with schizophrenia and improve their occupational outcomes. The pilot program proposed can thus be a model for non-Western countries with limited resources allocated by governments to support persons with schizophrenia. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials NCT04767204, retrospectively registered on Feb 23, 2021.

Reasons for attending support groups and organizational preferences: A replication study using the North American Scleroderma Support Group Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Pépin ◽  
Linda Kwakkenbos ◽  
Marie-Eve Carrier ◽  
Sandra Peláez ◽  
Ghassan El-Baalbaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Systemic Sclerosis ◽  
North America ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Peer-facilitated support groups are an important source for receiving disease-related information and support for people with systemic sclerosis (or scleroderma). A recent survey explored reasons for attending systemic sclerosis support groups in Europe and Australia and used exploratory factor analysis to group reasons for attendance into three main themes: (1) interpersonal and social support, (2) disease treatment and symptom management strategies, and (3) other aspects of living with systemic sclerosis. The objective of the present study was to replicate this study in a sample of patients from North America using confirmatory factor analysis. A 30-item survey was used to assess reasons for attendance and organizational preferences among systemic sclerosis patients in Canada and the United States. In total, 171 members completed the survey. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the three-factor model showed good fit to the data (χ2(399) = 646.0, p < 0.001, Tucker–Lewis index = 0.97, comparative fit index = 0.97, root mean square error approximation = 0.06). On average, respondents rated 22 (73%) of 30 items as “important” or “very important” reasons for attending support groups. Among organizational preferences, respondents emphasized the importance of the ability to share feelings and concerns, as well as educational aspects. Findings of our study suggest that reasons for attending support groups are similar for patients from Europe, Australia, and North America and that support groups should facilitate social support as well as disease education. These results inform the development of training programs for current and future systemic sclerosis support group leaders across the globe.

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