Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

BACKGROUND: The objectives of the study were to generate normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) for different age groups for men and women and to further investigate the factor structure in the general population. METHODS: Nationally representative face-to face household surveys w...

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Autores principales: Kocalevent, Rüya-Daniela, Berg, Lorenz, Beutel, Manfred E., Hinz, Andreas, Zenger, Markus, Härter, Martin, Nater, Urs, Brähler, Elmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-018-0249-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The objectives of the study were to generate normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) for different age groups for men and women and to further investigate the factor structure in the general population. METHODS: Nationally representative face-to face household surveys were conducted in Germany in 2008 (n = 2524). RESULTS: Normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale were generated for men and women (52.3% female) and different age levels (mean age (SD) of 48.9 (18.3) years). Men had mean scores comparable to women (10.1 [SD = 2.3] vs. 10.2 [SD = 2.2]). The EFA resulted in a clear one-factor solution for the OSSS-3. CONCLUSIONS: The normative data provide a framework for the interpretation and comparisons of social support with other populations. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s40359-018-0249-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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