Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support for Arab Immigrant Women

    Authors

    K. Aroian; T. N. Templin;V. Ramaswamy

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Health Care Women Int.

    Keywords

    ADJUSTMENT; GENDER; MSPSS; DISTRESS; CULTURE; COUPLES; STRESS; FAMILY; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Women's Studies

    Abstract

    We adapted the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) for use with Arab immigrant women (MSPSS-AW) and estimated the psychometric properties of the adapted version with a sample of 539 Arab immigrant women living in the United States. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the proposed three-factor solution. Internal consistency reliability coefficients for the three subscales ranged from good to very good. Additional evidence for construct validity of the MSPSS-AW subscales was demonstrated through relationships with theoretically related measures. We conclude that the MSPSS-AW is reliable and valid for use with Arab immigrant women.

    Journal Title

    Health Care for Women International

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2010

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    153

    Last Page

    169

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000275687500004

    ISSN

    0739-9332

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