DERIVING A SURVEY MEASURE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT - THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CLOSE PERSONS QUESTIONNAIRE

被引:176
作者
STANSFELD, S [1 ]
MARMOT, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLL & MIDDLESEX HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT EPIDEMIOL & PUBL HLTH,LONDON,ENGLAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; MEASUREMENTS; POPULATION SURVEYS;
D O I
10.1016/0277-9536(92)90242-I
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The development of a new questionnaire to measure social support, the Close Persons Questionnaire is described from the Whitehall II Study, a longitudinal study of the impact of psychosocial factors on health. The Close Persons Questionnaire includes items on three types of support from up to four nominated close persons and social networks. Its repeatability over a four week period and its validity against the Self Evaluation and Social Support Interview is reported in a sample of British Civil Servants. The difficulties of satisfactorily validating measures of social support are discussed.
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页码:1027 / 1035
页数:9
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