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Social Support — Updated
| Domain | Sub-Domain | Instrument Name | Description | Citation (Authors) | Language/ Geographic Location |
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| English version of PSS-HIV: Social Support in HIV | Social support (SS) plays a key role for HIV/AIDS prevention and disease management. Numerous general and disease-specific SS instruments have been developed and perception of support has been increasingly considered, though no scales have been specifically developed to measure perceived social support (PSS) in HIV/AIDS. To help fill this gap a 12-item scale was developed. | Cortes, A., Hunt, N., & McHale, S. (2014). Development of the scale of perceived social support in HIV (PSS-HIV). AIDS and Behavior, 18(12), 2274-2284. |
English |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) |
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| Access to Resources Scale | Social support and resource items yielded a 25-item Access to Resources scale (α = .86) that consists of three subscales: support from relatives, non-using friends, and neighbors (9 items, α = .80); support from drug users (9 items, α = .85); and support from program staff (7 items, α = .79). | Vazan, P., Mateu-Gelabert, P., Cleland, C. M., Sandoval, M., & Friedman, S. R. (2012). Correlates of staying safe behaviors among long-term injection drug users: psychometric evaluation of the staying safe questionnaire. AIDS and Behavior, 16(6), 1472-1481. |
English |
* Women * Men * People who inject drugs * People who use drugs |
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| Social Support Questionnaire-Short Form (SSQ 6)- Original Scale | A six-item Social Support scale with high internal reliability and correlated highly with the SSQ and similarly to it with personality variables. The research findings accompanying the development of the short form social support measure suggest that perceived social support in adults may be a reflection of early attachment experience. | Sarason, I. G., Sarason, B. R., Shearin, E. N., & Pierce, G. R. (1987). A brief measure of social support: Practical and theoretical implications. Journal of social and personal relationships, 4(4), 497-510. |
English |
* Students |
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| Social Support Questionnaire – Short Form (SSQ-6) among HIV-positive African American Women | Two conclusions can be drawn from the literature on religious involvement and social support. First, religious involvement is likely to be related to greater degrees of social support, and second, the relationship between religious involvement and psychological distress may operate through social support. The SSQ-6 asks the respondent to list the number of people they can count on for six different aspects of support (e.g., “Whom can you really count on to help you feel more relaxed when you are under pressure or stress?”). The SSQ-6 was used in the present study to enumerate the size of the woman’s available support network. | Prado, G., Feaster, D. J., Schwartz, S. J., Pratt, I. A., Smith, L., & Szapocznik, J. (2004). Religious involvement, coping, social support, and psychological distress in HIV-seropositive African American mothers. AIDS and Behavior, 8(3), 221-235. |
English |
* Women * HIV-positive * African American |
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| 8-item Duke/UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (DUFSSQ) | The scale contains examples of helpful and supportive activities, such as ‘‘You get help when you are sick in bed’’ and ‘‘You have opportunities to talk about money matters.’’ For each item, respondents are asked to categorize the amount of that support that they receive, relative to their ideal (i.e., ‘‘as much as I would like;’’ ‘‘almost as much as I would like;’’ ‘‘some but I would like more;’’ ‘‘less than I would like;’’ and ‘‘much less than I would like’’). Responses are scaled on a 15 scale and tallied to create a total score with higher values indicating greater social support. | Epino, H. M., Rich, M. L., Kaigamba, F., Hakizamungu, M., Socci, A. R., Bagiruwigize, E., & Franke, M. F. (2012). Reliability and construct validity of three health-related self-report scales in HIV-positive adults in rural Rwanda. AIDS care, 24(12), 1576-1583. <br> <br> <b> Original Scale:</B> Broadhead, W.E., Gehlbach, S.H., De Gruy, F.V., & Kaplan, B.H. (1988). The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire: Measurement of social support in family medicine patients. Medical Care, 26(7), 709 723. |
English |
* Women * HIV-positive * Men |
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| Malay version of Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey | We determined the validity and reliability of the Malay translated MOS-SSS. A sample of 120 HIV patients participated in this study. Forty patients completed the self-administered 19-item questionnaire again after 1–2 weeks to test its reliability. In conclusion, the Malay version of the MOS-SSS is valid and reliable for measuring perceived functional social support in patients with HIV. | Saddki, N., Sulaiman, Z., Abdullah, S., Zakaria, N., Mohamad, N., AbRazak, A., & Zainan Abidin, Z. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Malay version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) in a sample of patients with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 16(1), 60-74. |
Malay |
* Women * HIV-positive * Men |
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| Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey | The protective effects of social support on health have been documented in a variety of groups. For HIV-infected persons released from correctional settings, strong social support may be particularly important for obtaining effective post release medical treatment and supportive services. .We used the Rasch model to test the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) social support survey. Data for the analysis were collected as part of the EnhanceLink project in the five urban jails where the MOS was administered. Findings indicate that the MOS survey items may not capture the entire variability of person abilities. | Kim, S., Ouellet, L. J., Mazza, J., & Spaulding, A. C. (2017). Rasch Analysis and Differential Item Functioning of a Social Support Measure in Jail Inmates With HIV Infection. Evaluation & the health professions, 40(1), 33-60. <br> <b> Original Scale: </b> Sherbourne, C., & Stewart, A. (1991). The MOS social support survey. Social Science & Medicine, 32, 705–714.. |
English |
* Women * HIV-positive * Men |
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| Duke UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire-Short Form (DUFSS-5) | The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire-Short Form (DUFSS-5) is intended to measure social support in the context of severe medical illness, specifically for palliative care patients or in oncology settings. | Saracino, R., Kolva, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Breitbart, W. (2015). Measuring social support in patients with advanced medical illnesses: An analysis of the Duke–UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Palliative & supportive care, 13(5), 1153-1163. |
English |
* Women * Men * Elderly * Patients |
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| NSPS: HIV Negative Social Provisions Scale | A measure of general and HIV-specific social support among gay male couples. | Darbes, L. A., & Lewis, M. A. (2005). HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couples. Health Psychology, 24(6), 617. |
English |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) * Men |
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| PSPS: HIV Positive Social Provisions Scale | A measure of general and HIV-specific social support among gay male couples. | Darbes, L. A., & Lewis, M. A. (2005). HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couples. Health Psychology, 24(6), 617. |
English |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) * Men |
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| ISEL: Instrument Support Evaluation List | The ISEL is a measure concerned with ways in which others affect a persons' responses to stressful events | Bastardo Y, Kimberlin C. (2000) Relationship between quality of life, social support and disease-related factors in HIV-infected persons in Venezuela. AIDS Care; 12:673-84. |
English |
* HIV-positive |
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| PSS: Perceived Social Support | This instrument measure's the perceived social support among HIV positive women. | Hudson AL, Lee KA, Miramontes H, Portillo CJ. Social interactions, perceived support, and level of distress in HIV-positive women. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 2001;12:68-76. |
English |
* Women * HIV-positive |
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| UCLA-SSI: The UCLA Social Support Inventory | This instrument measures received social support among gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV and AIDS. | Schwarzer, R., Dunkel-Schetter, C., & Kemeny, M. (1994). The multidimensional nature of received social support in gay men at risk of HIV infection and AIDS. American Journal of Community Psychology, 22(3), 319-339. |
English |
* Men who have sex with men (MSM) * Bisexual * Men |
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| Spanish Version of PSS-HIV: Social Support in HIV | Social support (SS) plays a key role for HIV/AIDS prevention and disease management. Numerous general and disease-specific SS instruments have been developed and perception of support has been increasingly considered, though no scales have been specifically developed to measure perceived social support (PSS) in HIV/AIDS. To help fill this gap a 12-item scale was developed. | Cortes, A., Hunt, N., & McHale, S. (2014). Development of the scale of perceived social support in HIV (PSS-HIV). AIDS and Behavior, 18(12), 2274-2284. |
Spanish |
* Women * HIV-positive * HIV-negative * Men |
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