MOS Social Support Survey.

MOS-SSS

What it measures

Perceived functional social support across 4 dimensions: emotional/informational, tangible, affectionate, positive social interaction (+ an overall index)

Length and format

19 (+ 1 structural item); MOS-SSS-8 short form. 5-point frequency (none of the time to all of the time); transformed 0-100 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (broadly validated)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Sherbourne, C. D., & Stewart, A. L. (1991). The MOS social support survey. Social Science & Medicine, 32(6), 705-714.