Confirmatory factor analysis of the interpersonal support evaluation list

Abstract

Cohen and Hoberman (1983) designed the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) to measure the perceived availability of four relatively independent social support resources and thus to provide tests of stress-buffering hypotheses. The utility of the ISEL for such tests requires evidence that it actually measures distinct functional support dimensions. A confirmatory factor analysis of the ISEL for 133 college students showed that a four-factor model provided a reasonable fit to the data, but the large correlations among the four factors were strongly suggestive of a general, second-order social support factor. However, scoring the ISEL as a unidimensional measure only would result in the loss of unique information contained in the four subscales. Researchers should therefore follow Cohen and Hoberman's procedure of analyzing ISEL subscale scores and the total score.

The PASS-Q: The Perceived Available Support in Sport Questionnaire

“…A number of the remaining relationships were signi cant. Signi cant correlations have often been found between dimensions within a social support measure (e.g., Brookings & Bolton, 1988), and so similar patterns might be expected across measures. People who provide support are able to do so in several ways so an athlete who reports high levels of emotional support on the PASS-Q may, for example, also report high levels of task appreciation on the SSS.…”

“…Cohen and Wills (1985) noted that although social support may be broken down into speci c dimensions conceptually, in naturalistic settings the dimensions are not usually independent. Brookings and Bolton (1988) argued that high correlations between support dimensions may be accounted for by the introduction of a higher-order factor. In the current study, the difference in CFI and a Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square difference test provided evidence in favor of a rst-order, four-factor model, in place of a model including a higher-order factor.…”

“…As it has been argued that perceived available support may be a unidimensional construct, a model examined a rst-order, one-factor model. Further, the correlations between social support dimensions have often been found to be moderate to high, and it has been demonstrated in CFA with the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List that such correlations may be accounted for by the introduction of a higher-order factor (Brookings & Bolton, 1988). In another model, therefore, we examined a four-factor model with a single higher-order factor.…”

Measuring Health and Broader Well-Being Benefits in the Context of Opiate Dependence: The Psychometric Performance of the ICECAP-A and the EQ-5D-5L

“…The ISEL is used to measure perceived availability of social support in terms of material aid (tangible support), presence of people to discuss personal issues (appraisal support), presence of people to be favourably compared with (self-esteem support), and presence of people to socialize with (belonging support) [48,52]. Each dimension of support comprises 10 items scored on a 0-3 scale, with higher values indicating greater support.…”

Deficits in plasma oxytocin responses and increased negative affect, stress, and blood pressure in mothers with cocaine exposure during pregnancy

“…These included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Ward, Mendelson, Mock, & Erbaugh, 1961), a hostility scale consisting of the 15 items (Ho-15) that make up the hostile affect, aggressive responding, and cynical hostility subscales of the 27-item Cook Medley Hostility Scale (Barefoot, Dodge, Peterson, Dahlstrom, & Williams, 1989;Barefoot, Larsen, von der Lieth, & Schroll, 1995;Beckham, Calhoun, Glenn, & Barefoot, 2002;Cook & Medley, 1954), the Anger Expression Inventory (AX; Spielberger & Syderman, 1994), the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL; Brookings & Bolton, 1988;Cohen, 1985), the Pearlin Mastery Scale (Goldenberg et al, 1997;Skaff, Pearlin, & Mullan, 1996), and to assess stress over the past month, the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983). On the day of the ambulatory monitoring, they also completed the state and trait subscales of the State-Trait Anxiety Index (STAI; Spielberger, 1983) and, to assess that day's stress, the Daily Stress Inventory (Brantley, Waggoner, Jones, & Rappaport, 1987).…”