TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Social Support From Family and Friends
T2 - Measurement Across Disparate Samples
AU - Lyons, John S.
AU - Perrotta, Peter
AU - Hancher-Kvam, Sharon
PY - 1988/3/1
Y1 - 1988/3/1
N2 - This research investigates the psychometric properties of the Perceived Social Support (PSS; Procidano & Heller, 1983) from family and friends across three samples: a chronic-psychiatric sample, a diabetic sample, and an undergraduate college student sample. Comparisons of internal consistency, central tendency, and dispersion for both the perceived family support (PSS-FA) and the perceived friend support (PSS-FR) are reported, as are the relationships between these two scales for each group. Correlations with general health status and psychiatric symptomatology are also reported. The utility of this measure for generalizable research on social support is discussed.
AB - This research investigates the psychometric properties of the Perceived Social Support (PSS; Procidano & Heller, 1983) from family and friends across three samples: a chronic-psychiatric sample, a diabetic sample, and an undergraduate college student sample. Comparisons of internal consistency, central tendency, and dispersion for both the perceived family support (PSS-FA) and the perceived friend support (PSS-FR) are reported, as are the relationships between these two scales for each group. Correlations with general health status and psychiatric symptomatology are also reported. The utility of this measure for generalizable research on social support is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5201_3
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa5201_3
M3 - Article
C2 - 3361411
AN - SCOPUS:0023971934
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 52
SP - 42
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 1
ER -
