Social Support Assessment Comparison Chart
This document compares selected reference Social Support instruments.
| Instrument's name |
Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS)
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Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey instrument
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Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) |
ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI)
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| Author(s) | J. Lubben | C.D. Sherbourne and A.L. Stewart | G.D. Zimet, N.W. Dahlem, S.G. Zimet and G.K. Farley | J. Vaglio, M. Conard, W.S. Poston, J. O'Keefe, C.K. Haddock, J. House and J.A. Spertus |
| Main Topic | Social support | Social support | Social support | Social support |
| Objectives | To gauge social isolation by measuring perceived social support received from family and friends | To assess dimensions of social support | To assess perceptions about support from family, friends and a significant other | To assess the four defining attributes of social support: emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal |
| Domains /Categories Covered | Social support | Social support (4 subscales: emotional/informational support, tangible support, affectionate support, positive social interaction) and medical outcomes | Social support | Social support |
| Population Targeted | Adults (elderly population in particular) | Adults (originally developed for use in patients with chronic conditions) | Adolescents and adults (originally developed for university undergraduates) | Adults (originally developed for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients) |
| Time Recall | Currently | Currently | Currently | Currently |
| Number of Items |
12 Questions (first version) 6 Questions (abreviated version) 18 Questions (expanded version) |
19 Questions | 12 Questions | 7 Questions |
| Time of Completion | 5-10 mins | No information available | No information available | 3 mins |
| Administration Mode | Self-administered |
Self-administered
Interviewer-administered Telephone-administered |
Self-administered | Self-administered |
| Language (Available translations) | Available in several languages (including English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish) | Available in several languages (including English, Chinese, Malay, Swedish, French, Japanese, Spanish but the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process) | English (no information on other available translations) | English (no information on other available translations) |
| Copyright | © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College | © 1994-2009 RAND Corporation | No information available | No information available |
| Conditions of Use | Free access (brief demographic form to fill out (but not imperatively required to obtain the LSNS)) | Free access (public document, available without charge (for non-commercial purposes)) | No information available | No information available |
| References |
Lubben J., Blozik E., Gillmann G., Iliffe S., Von Renteln Kruse W., Beck J.C. and Stuck A.E. (2006). Performance of
an Abbreviated of the Lubben Social Network Scale Among Three European Community-Dwelling Older Adult
Populations. The Gerontologist 46:503-513.
Lubben J.and Gironda M. (2004). Measuring social networks and assessing their benefits. In Social Networks and Social Exclusion: Sociological and Policy Perspectives. Eds. Phillipson, C., Allan, G., Morgan, D. Ashgate. Lubben J.and Gironda M. (2003). Centrality of social ties to the health and well-being of older adults. In Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society. Eds. Berkman, B., Harootyan, L. Springer Publishing Company. |
Sherbourne C.D. and Stewart A.L. (1991). The MOS Social Support Survey, Social Science Medicine 32:705-714.
Hays R.D., Sherbourne C.D. and Mazel R.M. (1995). User's Manual for Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Core Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life, RAND Corporation, MR-162-RC. Stewart A.L. and Ware J.E. (1991). Measuring Function and Well-Being: The Medical Outcome Study Approach, Duke University Press. |
Canty-Mitchell J. and Zimet G.D. (2000). Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social
Support in urban adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28:391-400.
Zimet G.D., Dahlem N.W., Zimet S.G. and Farley G.K. (1988). The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Journal of Personality Assessment, 52:30-41. Zimet G.D., Powell S.S., Farley G.K., Werkman S. and Berkoff K.A. (1990). Psychometric characteristics of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Journal of Personality Assessment, 55:610-17. |
Vaglio J., Conard M., Poston W.S., O'Keefe J., Haddock C.K., House J. and Spertus J.A. (2004) Testing the
performance of the ENRICHD Social Support Instrument in cardiac patients. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes; 2:
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