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Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 4/2015

01-04-2015

Factor analyses of a social support scale using two methods

Auteurs: Yu Yu, Cheng-Shi Shiu, Joyce P. Yang, Mingjiong Wang, Jane M. Simoni, Wei-ti Chen, Joy Cheng, Hongxin Zhao

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 4/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

Evaluation and comparison of the factor structure of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) using both confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with two samples of people living with HIV/AIDS in China.

Methods

Secondary analyses were conducted with data from two comparable samples of 320 people living with HIV/AIDS from the same hospital using the same inclusion criteria. The first sample of 120 was collected in 2006, and the second sample of 200 was collected in 2012. For each sample, CFA was first performed on the original four-factor structure to check model fit, followed by EFA to explore other factor structures and a subsequent CFA for model fit statistics to be compared to the original four-factor CFA.

Results

In both samples, CFA on the originally hypothesized four-factor structure yielded an acceptable model fit. The EFA yielded a two-factor solution in both samples, with different items included in each factor for the two samples. Comparison of CFA on the a priori four-factor structure and the new two-factor structure in both samples indicated that both factor structures were of acceptable model fit, with the four-factor model performing slightly better than the two-factor model.

Conclusion

Factor structure of the MOS-SSS is method-dependent, with CFA supporting a four-factor structure, while EFA yielded a two-factor structure in two separate samples. We need to be careful in selecting the analytic method when applying the MOS-SSS to various samples and choose the factor structure that best fits the theoretical model.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Factor analyses of a social support scale using two methods
Auteurs
Yu Yu
Cheng-Shi Shiu
Joyce P. Yang
Mingjiong Wang
Jane M. Simoni
Wei-ti Chen
Joy Cheng
Hongxin Zhao
Publicatiedatum
01-04-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0815-4

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