BERLIN SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALES (BSSS): POLISH VERSION OF BSSS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON ITS PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

• Authors: Luszczynska A. , Kowalska M. , Mazurkiewicz M. , Schwarzer R.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) are self-report measures to assess perceived available support, need for support, support seeking, actually received support and protective buffernig support. The objective of the study was to develop a Polish version of BSSS and to examine their psychometric properties. The data were collected in three groups of patients (n = 211) and in one group of healthy individuals (n = 421), aged 18 to 72. To test the criterion validity, other measures of social support, measures of well-being, health behaviors and self-regulatory strategies (planning) were employed. The results confirm that BSSS are internally consistent and valid measures of social support dimenstions. Confirmatory factor analysis showed reasonable fit of the four-factor model (for perceived available support, need for support, support seeking, actually received support). They indicate that the Polish version of BSSS may be a viable and reliable measure of social support dimensions.

Keywords

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BERLIN SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALES (POLISH VERSION); PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 17-27
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Luszczynska A.

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Kowalska M.

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Mazurkiewicz M.

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Schwarzer R.

• A. Luszczynska, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN19QH, United Kingdom, and Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, Wydzial Zamiejscowy we Wroclawiu, ul.Grunwaldzka 98, 50-357 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02364941