title: Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support for Arab immigrant women.
abstract: We adapted the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) for use with Arab immigrant women (MSPSS-AW) and estimated the psychometric properties of the adapted version with a sample of 539 Arab immigrant women living in the United States. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the proposed three-factor solution. Internal consistency reliability coefficients for the three subscales ranged from good to very good. Additional evidence for construct validity of the MSPSS-AW subscales was demonstrated through relationships with theoretically related measures. We conclude that the MSPSS-AW is reliable and valid for use with Arab immigrant women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nusing, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. karoian@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aroian
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Templin
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramaswamy
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018912:Arabs / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D007861:Lebanon / Q000208:ethnology; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D015006:Yemen / Q000208:ethnology