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Mokken scaling of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey

Auteurs: David R. Thompson, Chantal F. Ski, Roger Watson, Wenru Wang

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 2/2014

Abstract

Purpose

To validate the Chinese Mandarin version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS-CM) using a model of ordinal unidimensional measurement known as Mokken scaling.

Methods

We administered in face-to-face interviews the MOS-SSS-CM to 200 patients with coronary heart disease. Data were analysed using Mokken scaling.

Results

The MOS-SSS-CM contains a set of items which meet the criteria of a reliable (Rho = 0.87) moderate Mokken scale (H = 0.40) with weak invariant item ordering (H = 0.39).

Conclusions

The MOS-SSS-CM has a hierarchy of items which can be interpreted in terms of concerns with the physical aspects of social support through the need for companionship to items related to more personal worries.

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Titel: Mokken scaling of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey
Auteurs: David R. Thompson
Chantal F. Ski
Roger Watson
Wenru Wang
Publicatiedatum: 01-03-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0530-6

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