Evaluation of social support

This study aimed to analyze the literature on social support in the database EBSCO-Academic Search between 2001 and 2011. It was based on a search for items that had the words social support and scale in the abstract. The sample consisted of 107 studies. It was veried in the results that there were...

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Published in:Psicología desde el Caribe : revista del Programa de Psicología de la Universidad del Norte 2014-05, Vol.31 (2)
Main Authors: Hugo Ferrari Cardoso, Makilim Nunes Baptista, Marín Rueda, Fabián Javier
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Online data bases
Quantitative psychology
Social support
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Summary:This study aimed to analyze the literature on social support in the database EBSCO-Academic Search between 2001 and 2011. It was based on a search for items that had the words social support and scale in the abstract. The sample consisted of 107 studies. It was veried in the results that there were fluctuations in the number of studies over the years. Aging & Mental Health and Quality of Life Research were the journals which published the most. On the country of residence of the first author, the countries that dominated were United States and England. 34 different instruments were used to assess social support. We also observed a lack of information concerning the psychometric qualities in the instruments descriptions.
ISSN:0123-417X
2145-9428