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The quality of social support: Measures of family and work relationships
Author(s) -
Holahan Charles J.,
Moos Rudolf H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1983.tb00596.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social support , construct validity , reliability (semiconductor) , construct (python library) , quality (philosophy) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , psychometrics , test validity , developmental psychology , social psychology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
This paper describes the development of indices of the quality of social support in the family (FRI) and work (WRI) environments. Respondents were a randomly selected community sample of 267 men and 267 women adult family members. The FRI and WRI were found to have high reliability and good concurrent and construct validity. The FRI and WRI (for male respondents) were negatively related to physical and psychological symptoms, and both indices showed moderate positive relationships to a traditional measure of social support.