Further Development of the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire

Norbeck, Jane S.; Lindsey, Ada M.; Carrieri, Virginia L.

doi:10.1097/00006199-198301000-00002

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“…For measuring mother's perceived social support, the self-administrated Norbeck social support questionnaire was used. This questionnaire measured three functional types of social support: affect, affirmation, and aid (Norbeck et al, 1983). Validity and reliability of both caregiver burden scale and Norbeck social support questionnaire were determined in good level in Iranian context in previous studies.…”

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Caregiver Burden and Social Support in Mothers with β-Thalassemia Children

Mashayekhi¹,

Jozdani²,

Chamak³

et al. 2016

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Background: In our knowledge, there was no available information on social support and caregiver's burden among parents of thalassemic children. Aim:To examine caregiver's burden and social support in mothers of thalassemic children, this study was conducted. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to October 2013 in Jiroft Thalassemic Center (JTC) in southeast of Iran. To assess the caregiver's burden and social support, caregiver burden scale and Norbeck social support questionnaire was used respectively. Results:There was a response rate of 98% (160 out of 163 mothers were participated). Generally, 51.5% and 49.5% of mothers reported low and high level of social support, respectively. In term of caregiver's burden, 20%, 29% and 51% of mothers reported high, moderate and low level of burden, respectively. There was no significant correlation between mean score of caregiver's burden and mean score of social support. Conclusion:Our study showed that social support of Iranian mothers with thalassemic children is low. In addition, caregiver's burden among this group of mothers is high. Further research is recommended to prepare more evidence in this regard.

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Caregiver Burden and Social Support in Mothers with β-Thalassemia Children

Mashayekhi¹,

Jozdani²,

Chamak³

et al. 2016

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“…Respondents rated each network member on three subscales of social support, namely affect, affirmation, and aid (Norbeck et al, 1981;1983). The instrument was language/culture validated to Swedish circumstances (Berterö, 2000;Johansson & Berterö, 2002).…”

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“…Individual differences and demographic variables such as age, sex, and culture influence how much social support is needed and/or available (Norbeck, 1981). An instrument, the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ), based on these models has been developed (Norbeck, 1981;Norbeck et al, 1981;1983). This measures three subscales of social support: affect (actions causing changes), affirmation (the act of emotional confirmation), and aid (to give assistance).…”

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Social support as described by foreign‐born persons diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and living in Sweden

Berterö¹,

Hjelm²

2010

Nursing & Health Sciences

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The aim of the present study is to explore and describe the meaning of support, and its impact on the life-situation of foreign-born persons diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) living in Sweden in relation to gender, age and duration of disease. Mixed methods were employed on a purposive sample of 34 foreign-born adults, diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes; qualitative data were collected by semi-structured interviews, and quantitative data collected by the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ).The meaning of 'support' was described by the participants as concerning medical support, informative support and aiding support to learn to manage diabetes. Support influences the entire life, and the need is related to the severity of diabetes and differences regarding age and gender. Participants scored low on the NSSQ regarding total emotional support, total aid, and total function, and 42% had lost an important relationship during the last year. Marital status had no impact on emotional support but aid gave significant figures.Medical support with regular follow-up and information is important in obtaining affirmation and aid to learn to manage DM.

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“…Si les instruments décrits précédemment sont relativement bien documentés en ce qui concerne leur fidélité et leur consistance interne, il n'en est pas de même pour les différents aspects reliés à leur validité. En effet, Barrera et al (1981) et Barrera (1981) donnent peu de renseignements sur la validité de leur instrument, tandis que Norbeck et al (1981Norbeck et al ( , 1982, Procidano et Heller (1983), Sarason et al (1983) et Vaux et al (1986) semblent avoir bien évalué cette propriété métrologique au regard des instruments qu'ils proposent. Souvent de nature corrélationnelle, ces données représentent la relation entre le soutien social et d'autres instruments choisis en fonction d'un certain construit théorique.…”

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“…D'autre part, Norbeck et ses collaborateurs (1981) rapportent des résultats non significatifs lorsque des scores obtenus à l'aide du NSSQ sont mis en relation avec des scores obtenus pour les mêmes sujets à l'aide du Profile of Mood States (McNair, Lorr et Droppleman, 1971), un instrument qui mesure certains symptômes psychiatriques. Toujours dans le but de vérifier la validité de construit du NSSQ, Norbeck et ses collaborateurs ont entrepris une deuxième étude (Norbeck, Lindsey et Carrieri, 1982). Leur conclusion est que les scores obtenus à l'aide du NSSQ présentent des indices de corré-lation satisfaisants avec des scores provenant du Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (Schutz, 1978), qui évalue des dimensions associées aux relations interpersonnelles analogues à celles ciblées par le NSSQ.…”

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La mesure du soutien social

Beauregard

Dumont

2005

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Dans le présent article, les auteurs examinent le concept de soutien social en apportant une attention particulière à sa définition et à sa mesure. Par une recension des écrits, les auteurs visent à clarifier la notion de soutien social et à identifier des instruments de mesure qui correspondent aux diverses définitions proposées dans les articles consultés. Cette recension montre que le soutien social est composé de trois dimensions, soit les ressources du réseau de soutien, les comportements de soutien et l’appréciation subjective de soutien. Après avoir décrit neuf instruments qui mesurent une ou plusieurs de ces dimensions, l’article se termine par une discussion qui porte sur des recommandations liées au choix d’un instrument pour mesurer le soutien social.In this article, the concept of social support is examined by focusing particularly on its definition and measurement. Through a review of the literature, the authors clarified the notion of social support and identified several instruments of measurement corresponding to the different definitions proposed. This review suggests that social support is made up of three dimensions, mainly, the support network resources, the supportive behavior, and the subjective appraisals of support. After the description of nine instruments measuring one or several of these dimensions, this article closes with bearing recommendations related to the choice of a measure for social support

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Further Development of the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire

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Caregiver Burden and Social Support in Mothers with β-Thalassemia Children

Caregiver Burden and Social Support in Mothers with β-Thalassemia Children

Social support as described by foreign‐born persons diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and living in Sweden

La mesure du soutien social

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