The Development of the 2-Way Social Support Scale: A Measure of Giving and Receiving Emotional and Instrumental Support
The Development of the 2-Way Social Support Scale: A Measure of Giving and Receiving Emotional and Instrumental Support
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DOI：
10.1080/00223891.2011.594124
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Obst, Patricia L.
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作者：
Shakespeare-Finch, Jane;Obst, Patricia L.
许多研究支持将各种类型的社会支持细化为两个主要方面：情感支持和工具支持。人们越来越认识到，福利与给予和接受社会支助相一致，但尚未公布一项包含所有这些要素的单一措施。本研究采用社区样本（n = 372; n = 417）编制了双向社会支持量表，并对量表的因素结构、信度和效度进行了验证。双向SSS同时评估4个主要维度：（a）给予情感支持，（B）给予工具支持，（c）接受情感支持，（d）接受工具支持。该量表的完整性，加上项目的通用质量，增强了其在各种情况下的效用。重要的是，这个量表提供了一个测量工具，可以比较不同研究和人群的社会支持研究结果。
A number of studies support the refinement of various types of social support into 2 primary dimensions: emotional support and instrumental support. There is increasing recognition of benefits aligned with giving as well as receiving social support, yet there has been no single measure published that incorporates all of these elements. This study presents the development of the 2-Way Social Support Scale (2-Way SSS) using community samples (n = 372; n = 417) and provides evidence for the scales' factor structure, reliability, and validity. The 2-Way SSS concurrently appraises 4 principal dimensions: (a) giving emotional support, (b) giving instrumental support, (c) receiving emotional support, and (d) receiving instrumental support. The completeness of the scale, combined with the generic quality of the items, enhances its utility across a diversity of contexts. Importantly, this scale provides a measurement tool that will enable the comparison of social support research outcomes across studies and populations.