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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

A New Story on the Multidimensionality of the MSPSS: Validity of the Internal Structure through Bifactor ESEM.

César Merino-Soto, Alicia Boluarte Carbajal, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, Laura A Nabors, Miguel Ángel Núñez-Benítez

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César Merino-SotoInstituto de Investigacion de Psicologia, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima 34, Peru.ORCID 0000-0002-1407-8306
Alicia Boluarte CarbajalFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Cesar Vallejo-Lima Norte, Lima 39, Peru.
Filiberto Toledano-ToledanoUnidad de Investigacion en Medicina Basada en Evidencias, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez Instituto Nacional de Salud, Dr. Marquez 162, Col. Doctores, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7126-5351
Laura A NaborsSchool of Human Services, College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0068, USA.
Miguel Ángel Núñez-BenítezUnidad de Medicina Familiar 31, Ermita Iztapalapa 1771, 8va Amp San Miguel, Iztapalapa, Mexico City 09837, Mexico.

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The internal structure of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) in adolescents has been evaluated with some factorial analysis methodologies but not with bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), and possibly the inconsistency in the internal structure was dependent on these approaches. The objective of the study was to update evidence regarding its internal structure of MSPSS, by means of a detailed examination of its multidimensionality The participants were 460 adolescents from an educational institution in the Callao region, Lima, Peru. The structure was modeled using unidimensional, three-factor and bifactor models with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and ESEM approaches. The models showed good levels of fit, with the exception of the unidimensional model; however, the multidimensionality indicators supported the superiority of the bifactor ESEM. In contrast, the general factor was not strong enough, and the interfactorial correlations were substantially lower. It is concluded that the MSPSS can be interpreted by independent but moderately correlated factors, and there is possible systematic variance that potentially prevented the identification of a general factor.

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SchoolsSocial SupportAdolescentFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansLatent Class AnalysisPsychometricsadolescentsfactor analysissocial supportstructural equation modeling

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PMCPMC8775847

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