Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support for arab American adolescents

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Ramaswamy, Vidya ^a   Aroian, Karen J ^b   Templin, Thomas ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arab American; CFA; MSPSS; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349248120     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-008-9220-x     Document Type: Article

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