Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

Figures & data

Table 1 Item-Total Correlation

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12
Total	0.724**	0.731**	0.593**	0.674**	0.806**	0.719**	0.736**	0.688**	0.728**	0.773**	0.525**	0.749**

Note: **P<0.01.

Table 2 Factor Rotation Load Matrix

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Conformity
S9	0.791	0.264	0.208	0.738
S7	0.779	0.276	0.212	0.728
S12	0.779	0.280	0.236	0.740
S6	0.767	0.238	0.249	0.707
S1	0.218	0.840	0.159	0.778
S2	0.265	0.837	0.128	0.787
S5	0.326	0.745	0.314	0.759
S10	0.412	0.613	0.309	0.641
S4	0.109	0.288	0.799	0.734
S3	0.201	0.153	0.726	0.591
S8	0.239	0.254	0.716	0.634
S11	0.234	0.036	0.639	0.465
Characteristic roots	6.034	1.241	1.027
Contribution rate	50.281	10.344	8.560
Cumulative variance contribution rate	50.281	60.625	69.185

Figure 1 Screen Plot.

Table 3 The Model Fit Indices (n=1415)

Fit Indices	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	GFI	NFI	IFI	CFI	RMR	RMSEA
Model value	209.38	51	4.105	0.93	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.037	0.079
Recommended value			<5	>0.9	>0.9	>0.9	>0.9	<0.05	<0.08

Figure 2 A three-factor CFA model.

Table 4 Reliability Analysis Result

	Internal Consistency Coefficient	Spearman-Brown Coefficient	Test-retest Coefficient
Friends support	0.876**	0.840**	0.877**
Significant others (such as teachers) support	0.875**	0.854**	0.876**
Family support	0.765**	0.787**	0.837**
Total score of social support	0.906**	0.862**	0.914**

Note: **P<0.01.