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ArticleJournal of religion and health2015

Development and Initial Validation of a Spiritual Support Subscale for the MOS Social Support Survey.

Ellen G Levine, Stephen Vong, Grace J Yoo

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ellen G LevineDepartment of Psychology, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA. medicalpsychology@pacbell.net.
Stephen VongSan Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA. svng926@gmail.com.
Grace J YooDepartment of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA. gracey@sfsu.edu.

Funding

CALIFORNIA COORDINATED CANCER PREVENTION & CONTROL PROGRAMU58DP003862 · DP · CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI SNIPES, KURT P · 2012 to 2014
$31.5M
Student EnrichmentP20MD000544 · NIMHD · SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BAIRD, TEASTER T · 2003 to 2012
$9.4M
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Abstract

While spirituality and religious practices are important in coping with illness or other crises, there are few ways of assessing support that people receive from members of their spiritual communities. The goal of this study was to validate a new spiritual support subscale for the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Scale (MOS-SSS). Questions for the subscale were formed based on responses of 135 breast cancer survivors who were interviewed about their cancer experience. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in four specific factors for the MOS-SSS: emotional/informational, tangible, affectionate, and spiritual support. The new spiritual support subscale has adequate reliability and validity and may be useful in assessing an area of support that is not always addressed.

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Social SupportSpiritualityAdaptation, PsychologicalBreast NeoplasmsFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMiddle AgedQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvivorsCancer survivorsIllnessPsychometricsSocial supportSpirituality

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PMID25680423
PMCPMC4537396

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