Levine Ellen G, Vong Stephen, Yoo Grace J
Department of Psychology, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
, P.O. Box 2278, Castro Valley, CA, 94546, USA.
J Relig Health. 2015 Dec;54(6):2355-66. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0005-x.
While spirituality and religious practices are important in coping with illness or other crises, there are few ways of assessing support that people receive from members of their spiritual communities. The goal of this study was to validate a new spiritual support subscale for the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Scale (MOS-SSS). Questions for the subscale were formed based on responses of 135 breast cancer survivors who were interviewed about their cancer experience. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in four specific factors for the MOS-SSS: emotional/informational, tangible, affectionate, and spiritual support. The new spiritual support subscale has adequate reliability and validity and may be useful in assessing an area of support that is not always addressed.
虽然精神层面和宗教活动在应对疾病或其他危机方面很重要，但评估人们从其精神社区成员那里获得的支持的方式却很少。本研究的目的是验证医学结果研究社会支持量表（MOS-SSS）中的一个新的精神支持子量表。该子量表的问题是根据135名乳腺癌幸存者的回答形成的，这些幸存者接受了关于其癌症经历的访谈。探索性因素分析得出了MOS-SSS的四个具体因素：情感/信息支持、实际支持、关爱支持和精神支持。新的精神支持子量表具有足够的信度和效度，可能有助于评估一个并非总是得到关注的支持领域。
