ReviewGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2024
The structure of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support: a meta-analytic confirmatory factor analysis.
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- [Practice guideline for adult burn rehabilitation nursing (2026 edition)].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2026Guideline
- Perceived Social Support and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms Among Adults Receiving Mental Health Care in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Maternal Readiness for Newborn Self-Care in the Early Postpartum Period: Associations with Maternal Psychophysical State and Declared Breastfeeding Readiness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Cognitive Functioning in Rural Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anxiety symptoms as the central node: a network analysis of mental health sequelae in a post-COVID-19 national sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perceived social support and psychological resilience as mediators between social frailty and the frailty of older patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
One of the most popular instruments used to assess perceived social support is the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Although the original structure of the MSPSS was defined to include three specific factors (significant others, friends and family), studies in the literature propose different factor solutions. In this study, we addressed the controversial factor structure of the MSPSS using a meta-analytic confirmatory factor analysis approach. For this purpose, we utilized studies in the literature that examined and reported the internal structure of the MSPSS. However, we used summary data from 59 samples of 54 studies (total
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