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      Reliability and Validity of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS): Thai Version

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          Abstract

          This study examines the Thai version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) for its psychometric properties.

          Methods:

          In total 462 participants were recruited - 310 medical students from Chiang Mai University and 152 psychiatric patients, and they completed the Thai version of the MSPSS, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and the Thai Depression Inventory (TDI). Test-retest reliability was conducted over a four week period.

          Results:

          Factor analysis produced three-factor solutions for both patient (PG) and student groups (SG), and overall the model demonstrated adequate fit indices. The mean total score and the sub-scale score for the SG were statistically higher than those in the PG, except for ‘Significant Others’. The internal consistency of the scale was good, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91 for the SG and 0.87 for the PG. After a four week retest for reliability exercise, the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was found to be 0.84. The Thai-MSPSS was found to have a negative correlation with the STAI and the TDI, but was positively correlated with the RSES.

          Conclusion:

          The Thai MSPSS is a reliable and valid instrument to use.

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              Social support, depression, and mortality during the first year after myocardial infarction.

              Kellie N Smith, M Talajic, Lorraine M Bourassa … (2000)
              We previously reported that depression after myocardial infarction (MI) increases the long-term risk of cardiac mortality. Other research suggests that social support may also influence prognosis. This article examines the interrelationships between baseline depression and social support in terms of cardiac prognosis and changes in depression symptoms over the first post-MI year. For this study, 887 patients completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) at about 7 days after MI. Some 32% had BDIs > or =10, indicating mild to moderate depression. One-year survival status was determined for all patients. Follow-up interviews, including the BDI, were conducted with 89% of survivors. There were 39 deaths (35 cardiac). Elevated BDI scores were related to cardiac mortality (P=0.0006), but PSSS scores and other measures of social support were not. There was a significant interaction between depression and the PSSS (P=0. 016). The relationship between depression and cardiac mortality decreased with increasing support. Furthermore, residual change score analysis revealed that among 1-year survivors who had been depressed at baseline, higher baseline social support was related to more improvement in depression symptoms than expected. Post-MI depression is a predictor of 1-year cardiac mortality, but social support is not directly related to survival. However, very high levels of support appear to buffer the impact of depression on mortality. Furthermore, high levels of support predict improvements in depression symptoms over the first post-MI year in depressed patients. High levels of support may protect patients from the negative prognostic consequences of depression because of improvements in depression symptoms.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health
                Journal ID (publisher-id): CPEMH
                Title: Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health : CP & EMH
                Publisher: Bentham Open
                ISSN (Electronic): 1745-0179
                Publication date (Electronic): 26 October 2011
                Publication date Collection: 2011
                Volume: 7
                Pages: 161-166
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intawarorot Rd., Tambon Sriphoom, Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand 50200
                [2 ]Lampang Hospital, 280/20 Paholyothin Rd., Tambon Huawiang, Amphur Muang, Lampang, Kingdom of Thailand 52000
                Author notes
                [* ]Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intawarorot Rd., Tambon Sriphoom, Amphur Muang, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand 50200, Tel: +6653945422, Fax: +6653945426, E-mail: tchanob@ 123456med.cmu.ac.th
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                Publisher ID: CPEMH-7-161
                DOI: 10.2174/1745017901107010161
                PMC ID: 3219878
                PubMed ID: 22114620
                SO-VID: 6dd7f5c8-0187-41d4-b782-09c6a44e40e7
                Copyright © © Wongpakaran et al.; Licensee Bentham Open.
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                This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.

                History
                Date received : 21 January 2011
                Date revision received : 31 August 2011
                Date accepted : 31 August 2011
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Neurology
                Keywords: mspss,validity,reliability,factor analysis,social support,thai.,confirmatory factor analysis
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Neurology
                Keywords: mspss, validity, reliability, factor analysis, social support, thai., confirmatory factor analysis

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