Patients’ reception of social support: family

Function

Promoting well-being, health, self-esteem

Relevance

Social integration, attachment, exchange, social capital

Target

Medical

Respondent

Patient

Feature

4 items in 7-point rating scale

Reliability

.88

References

Zhou, Kaina, Hengxin Li, Xiaoli Wei, Juan Yin, Peifeng Liang, Hongmei Zhang, Lingling Kou, Mengmeng Hao, Lijuan You, Xiaomei Li and Guihua Zhuang. 2015. “Reliability and Validity of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Chinese Mainland Patients with Methadone Maintenance Treatment.” Comprehensive Psychiatry 60:182-88.