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| Psychometric properties of the MSPSS in older adults | | Author(s) | M A Stanley, J G Beck, B J Zebb |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 2, no 3, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 186-193 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Enhanced social support is associated with increased physical and psychological health among older people. Although measures of social support generally are used as predictors of well-being, they may also be useful as outcome assessments to evaluate breadth of treatment effects. Perceived adequacy of the support network may be most relevant in this regard given its relationship to affective symptomatology. One measure of this component that has been used with older adults is the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). However, no study has examined the psychometric properties of the MSPSS in older people with well-diagnosed psychiatric disorders, and no normative data are available from older adults selected carefully to be free of diagnosable pathology. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the MSPSS in two groups of older adults, one with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), and the other without diagnosable psychopathology. Findings showed that perceived social support was higher among normal control participants than in those with GAD. Internal consistency and test-meters reliability were strong. Overall, the MSPSS appears useful for clinical trials with older anxious adults. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980828404 A |
| Classmark | ENP: P6: DP: 4C |
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