Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the social support appraisals scale for older people

LIN Yan-wei; WANG Ting-xian; NI Jin-dong

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.015

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LIN Yan-wei, WANG Ting-xian, NI Jin-dong. Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the social support appraisals scale for older people[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 834-838. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.015

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LIN Yan-wei, WANG Ting-xian, NI Jin-dong. Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the social support appraisals scale for older people[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 834-838. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.015

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Reliability and validity of Chinese version of the social support appraisals scale for older people

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.015

LIN Yan-wei^{1, 3},
WANG Ting-xian²,
NI Jin-dong^{2, 3
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Department of Health Sociology, School of Humanities and Management, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China
2.
Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China
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Institute of Public Health and Wellness, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 71804029

Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province C2018081

Doctoral Research Start-up Foundation of Guangdong Medical University in 2019 B2019033

High-level Discipline Construction Project of Guangdong Medical University 4SG22001G

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Corresponding author: NI Jin-dong, E-mail: nijd-gw@gdmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-10-13
Rev Recd Date: 2022-01-17

Available Online: 2022-07-19

Publish Date: 2022-07-10

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Objective To translate the English version of the social support appraisals scale (SS-A) developed by Vaux into Chinese, and to assess its reliability and validity. Methods Based on the Brislin translation model for translation and cross-cultural adjustment of the scale, 548 older people who met the inclusion criteria were conducted one-to-one interviews using convenience sampling, aiming to test the reliability and validity of the scale. Results The Chinese version of the scale contained twenty items and three dimensions. Construct validity: the exploratory factors extracts three factors, cumulative variance contribution rate was 59.706%. The confirmatory factor analysis fitting indexes: χ²/υ was 2.648, comparative fit idex (CFI) was 0.907, iciemental fit index (IFI) was 0.908, goodness of fit index (GFI) was 0.862, Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) was 0.889, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was 0.078 and root mean square residual (RMR) was 0.019. Convergent validity: average vriance extracted (AVE) was 0.579. Discrimination validity: there was a significant difference between the low group and the high group. Consistency reliability: the Cronbach's α coefficient of the total scale and three dimensions were 0.927, 0.884, 0.858, and 0.697 respectively. Test-retest reliability: intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were 0.780, 0.869, 0.655 and 0.505, respectively (all P < 0.001). Conclusion The Chinese version of SS-A shows sufficient reliability and validity, which can be used to evaluate social support of older people in China.
- Social support,
- The social support appraisals scale,
- Reliability,
- Validity

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