Emotional and tangible social support in a German population-based sample: Development and validation of the Brief Social Support Scale (BS6).

ABSTRACT: Aim of the study was the development and validation of the psychometric properties of a six-item bi-factorial instrument for the assessment of social support (emotional and tangible support) with a population-based sample. A cross-sectional data set of N = 15,010 participants enrolled in the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) in 2007-2012 was divided in two sub-samples. The GHS is a population-based, prospective, observational single-center cohort study in the Rhein-Main-Region in western Mid-Germany. The first sub-sample was used for scale development by performing an exploratory factor analysis. In order to test construct validity, confirmatory factor analyses were run to compare the extracted bi-factorial model with the one-factor solution. Reliability of the scales was indicated by calculati

SUBMITTER: Beutel ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638535 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature