Factorial validity and reliability of the tamil version of multidimensional scale of perceived social support among a group of participants in University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-388

  Guan, Ng Chong ^a   Sulaiman, Abdul Rasyid ^a   Seng, Loh Huai ^b   Ann, Anne Yee Hway ^a   Wahab, Suzaily ^c   Pillai, Subash Kumar ^a  

^a Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (India)

^b Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Perceived social support; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Tamil version; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890491666     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.122234     Document Type: Article

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