MOS Social Support Survey
Overview
- Purpose
- To assess social support
- Respondent
- Person with a Disability
- Administration Method
- Interview
- Administration Mode
- Phone
- Item Count
- 19
- Populations
- Mental Health Challenges
- Age Related Disability
Instrument Citation(s)
Sherbourne, C.D., & Stewart, A.L. (1991). The MOS social support survey. Social science and medicine,
32(6), 705-714.
Sherbourne, Cathy D. and Anita Stewart. The MOS Social Support Survey. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation, 1993. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP218.html
Instrument Domains
| Domain | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Community Inclusion | 12 |
| Social connectedness and relationships | 12 |
| Employment | 0 |
| Meaningful activity | 0 |
| Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 |
| Human and Legal Rights | 1 |
| Informed decision-making | 1 |
| Freedom from abuse and neglect | 0 |
| Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights | 0 |
| Privacy | 0 |
| Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights | 0 |
| Service Delivery and Effectiveness | 19 |
| Delivery | 19 |
| Person's needs met and goals realized | 0 |
| Caregiver Support | 0 |
| Access to resources | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support involvement | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support wellbeing | 0 |
| Training and skill-building | 0 |
| Choice and Control | 0 |
| Choice of services and supports | 0 |
| Personal choices and goals | 0 |
| Personal freedoms and dignity of risk | 0 |
| Self-direction | 0 |
| Consumer Leadership in System Development | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful caregiver involvement | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| System supports meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| Equity | 0 |
| Availability | 0 |
| Equitable access and resource allocation | 0 |
| Transparency and consistency | 0 |
| Fluctuation of Need | 0 |
| Holistic Health and Functioning | 0 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 0 |
| Individual health and functioning | 0 |
| Level of Caregiver Well-Being | 0 |
| Person-Centered Planning and Coordination | 0 |
| Assessment | 0 |
| Coordination | 0 |
| Person-centered planning | 0 |
| System Performance and Accountability | 0 |
| Data management and use | 0 |
| Evidence-based practice | 0 |
| Financing and service delivery structures | 0 |
| Workforce | 0 |
| Adequately compensated with benefits | 0 |
| Culturally competent | 0 |
| Demonstrated competencies when appropriate | 0 |
| Person-centered approach to services | 0 |
| Safety of and respect for the worker | 0 |
| Staff Turnover | 0 |
| Sufficient workforce numbers dispersion and availability | 0 |
| Workforce engagement and participation | 0 |
Psychometric Citation
Sherbourne, C.D., & Stewart, A.L. (1991). The MOS social support survey. Social science and medicine,
32(6), 705-714.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean age=55, range from 18-98
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years, 65+ Years
- Sample: Countries/State
United States
- Sample: Disability Type
Other
- Sample: Gender (%male)
39% male
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
20% nonwhite
- Sample: Sampling Strategy
Stratified Random Sample
- Sample: Size
2987
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
Cronbach's alpha for overall support (α=0.97); emotional/info support (α=0.96); tangible support (α=0.92); positive interaction (α=0.94); affection (α=0.91);
- Reliability: Test-retest
One year stability coefficient for overall support (r=0.78), emotional/info support (r=0.72); tangible support (r=0.74); positive interaction (r=0.72); affection (r=0.76);
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
Confirmatory factor analysis showed factors loadings above .76 for all subscales.
- Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)
The social support measures correlate highly with the measure of loneliness (r=-.67) and mental health (r=0.45)
- Study design
- Longitudinal