Re-examination of the psychometric characteristics of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support among Turkish university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-452

  Duru, Erdinç ^a   Zimet, Gregory ^b   Clara, Ian P ^c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PZ 430 PsycHealth Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

MSPSS; Perceived social support; Reliability; Turkish students; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547181818     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.4.443     Document Type: Article

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