TY - JOUR
KW - Perceived Social Support
KW - Hostility
KW - Coping Style
KW - Health
AU - Óscar Landeta
AU - Esther Calvete
AB - The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support is a questionnaire developed to measure people’s levels of perceived social support related to three different sources: family, friends and significant others. Previous studies, employing different samples, indicated that it was a psychometrically sound instrument. The current study attempted to extend the initial results using a Spanish sample of 803 students. The results confirmed the good psychometric properties of the Spanish version of this scale . In addition, it was studied the relationship between perceived social support, hostility and coping style, refereed to social support seeking. Results showed a direct relationship between perceived social support and coping style and an inverse relationship between hostility and perceived social support.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support is a questionnaire developed to measure people’s levels of perceived social support related to three different sources: family, friends and significant others. Previous studies, employing different samples, indicated that it was a psychometrically sound instrument. The current study attempted to extend the initial results using a Spanish sample of 803 students. The results confirmed the good psychometric properties of the Spanish version of this scale . In addition, it was studied the relationship between perceived social support, hostility and coping style, refereed to social support seeking. Results showed a direct relationship between perceived social support and coping style and an inverse relationship between hostility and perceived social support.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2002
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 173
EP - 182
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Adaptation and validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
VL - 8
ER -