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PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 299-307Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00098-7
Keywords
adolescents; social support; scale validation; Chinese
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The psychometric and factor-analytic properties of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS-C) were investigated in a Hong Kong Chinese adolescent sample. Two factors were extracted from this sample and they are Friend and Family subscales. The reliability, concurrent validity, and construct validity of the MSPSS-C were also established. The MSPSS-C demonstrated excellent internal consistency including the two subscales. In terms of construct validity, the MSPSS-C correlated negatively with depression and anxiety assessed by the General Health Questionnaire. The concurrent validity of the MSPSS-C was demonstrated by the positive association between the MSPSS-C and the Lubben Social Network Scale. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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