Mokken scaling of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey

David R. Thompson; Chantal F. Ski; Roger Watson; Wenru Wang

doi:10.1007/s11136-013-0530-6

Mokken scaling of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey

David R. Thompson, Chantal F. Ski, Roger Watson, Wenru Wang

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Purpose: To validate the Chinese Mandarin version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS-CM) using a model of ordinal unidimensional measurement known as Mokken scaling. Methods: We administered in face-to-face interviews the MOS-SSS-CM to 200 patients with coronary heart disease. Data were analysed using Mokken scaling. Results: The MOS-SSS-CM contains a set of items which meet the criteria of a reliable (Rho = 0.87) moderate Mokken scale (H = 0.40) with weak invariant item ordering (H = 0.39). Conclusions: The MOS-SSS-CM has a hierarchy of items which can be interpreted in terms of concerns with the physical aspects of social support through the need for companionship to items related to more personal worries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	581-584
Number of pages	4
Journal	Quality of Life Research
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0530-6
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Chinese
Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey
Mokken scaling
coronary heart disease

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