The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

Steigen, Anne Mari; Bergh, Daniel

doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1434689

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“…These percentages are almost doubling those reported in Lee et al’s [ 47 ] study (i.e., 19.7% and 6.1%, respectively). In addition, more respondents (11.5%) in our study reported possible severe mental illness than among Caucasians (8.2%), Hispanics (9.3%), African Americans (10.3%) and Asian Americans (6.0%), as reported by Prochaska et al [ 49 , 44 ]. Furthermore, when compared to Lau [ 7 ] and Choi [ 6 ]’s studies, a significant higher percentage of people living in vulnerable families reported psychological distress during the COVID-19 epidemic.…”

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Risk and resilience of vulnerable families in Hong Kong under the impact of COVID-19: an ecological resilience perspective

Zhuang

Lau

Chan

et al. 2021

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Hong Kong has experienced four waves of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed in January 2020. Several studies have highlighted the psychological impacts of the outbreak in Hong Kong but have largely ignored the protective factors that contribute to resilience among vulnerable families. This study adopted an ecological resilience framework to explore the impact of this epidemic on members of families with youth with a delinquent tendency/mental health concerns and the ecological protective factors for these vulnerable families. Methods Random sampling based on a sampling frame provided by one of the largest local social service organizations in Hong Kong led to the recruitment of 407 respondents who were interviewed using a battery of standardized questionnaires. Results The results showed that 30.6% and 11.5% of respondents reported a moderate and a severe level of psychological distress, respectively, almost double the percentages reported in a previous study conducted in Hong Kong before the COVID-19 outbreak. Around 36.6% of respondents indicated they had encountered financial problems and almost 40% indicated aggravated financial circumstances since the outbreak. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that financial stress was the strongest predictor of psychological distress. Structural equation modeling indicated that family support, indoor leisure activities and community resources significantly mediated the negative influence of COVID-19-related stressors on psychological distress of family members. Conclusion Family leisure activities, family support, community spirit and mutual help within the context of social-distancing restrictions may need to be promoted to benefit vulnerable families in Hong Kong under the COVID-19 epidemic.

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confidence: 79%

“…Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 4 = strongly agree). A Cronbach’s α of 0.75 has been reported for this scale [ 44 ], indicting adequate reliability. The Chinese version of the SPS has been used in Chinese communities by Li et al [ 45 ].…”

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Risk and resilience of vulnerable families in Hong Kong under the impact of COVID-19: an ecological resilience perspective

Zhuang

Lau

Chan

et al. 2021

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…We investigated the cross-cultural equivalence of the PSS-10 (see [57,74]), the SPS, short form of PSP-10 [47] and the coronavirus concern scale (self-reported measure, constructed for the purpose of this study) prior to any main analyses. Using a multi-group factor analysis, we compared the models assuming the one-factor structure for SPS and coronavirus concerns, and the two-factor structure for PSS-10 ( positive and negative, with the latter consisting of reversed items; [75,76]) across all countries (configural invariance), with a model with factor loadings and latent correlations constrained to be equal (metric invariance), and items' intercepts to be the same in all groups (scalar invariance).…”

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Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey

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The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, coping and trust in government efforts to slow the spread of the virus. Starting in March 2020, COVIDiSTRESS leveraged the convenience of unpaid online recruitment to generate public data. The objective of the present analysis is to understand relationships between psychological responses in the early months of global coronavirus restrictions and help understand how different government measures succeed or fail in changing public behaviour. There were variations between and within countries. Although Western Europeans registered as more concerned over COVID-19, more stressed, and having slightly more trust in the governments' efforts, there was no clear geographical pattern in compliance with behavioural measures. Detailed plots illustrating between-countries differences are provided. Using both traditional and Bayesian analyses, we found that individuals who worried about getting sick worked harder to protect themselves and others. However, concern about the coronavirus itself did not account for all of the variances in experienced stress during the early months of COVID-19 restrictions. More alarmingly, such stress was associated with less compliance. Further, those most concerned over the coronavirus trusted in government measures primarily where policies were strict. While concern over a disease is a source of mental distress, other factors including strictness of protective measures, social support and personal lockdown conditions must also be taken into consideration to fully appreciate the psychological impact of COVID-19 and to understand why some people fail to follow behavioural guidelines intended to protect themselves and others from infection. The Stage 1 manuscript associated with this submission received in-principle acceptance (IPA) on 18 May 2020. Following IPA, the accepted Stage 1 version of the manuscript was preregistered on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/g2t3b. This preregistration was performed prior to data analysis.

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“…In contrast, Steigen & Bergh found shortcomings in the SPS-10 related to targeting and construct validity using the polytomous Rasch model. 28 An alternate 10-item version of the SPS that measures each subscale with the two negatively worded statements has also been developed to better represent the lack of social support, but does not appear to be widely implemented. 29 In this paper, we refer to the SPS-10 as the version with positively worded items developed by Caron.…”

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Validation of a brief version of the Social Provisions Scale using Canadian national survey data

Orpana

Lang

Yurkowski

2019

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

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Introduction The 10-item Social Provisions Scale (SPS-10) has been implemented to measure social support in a number of national surveys in Canada. The objective of this study was to reduce the SPS-10 to a brief, five-item scale (SPS-5), while maintaining adequate measurement properties. Methods Data from individuals aged 18 years and older who responded to the Social Provisions Scale module in the Canadian Community Health Survey 2012 Mental Health Focus cycle (CCHS 2012 MH) and the Canadian Community Health Survey 2017 Annual cycle (CCHS 2017) were analyzed. We used exploratory factor analysis and item-to-total correlations from the CCHS 2012 MH data to choose items. A correlation analysis between the SPS-5, SPS-10 and related positive mental health (PMH) constructs were used to assess the criterion-related validity of the SPS-5 compared to the SPS-10. A confirmatory factor analysis using data from the CCHS 2017 was conducted to confirm the factor structure of the SPS-5. Results The SPS-5 showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.88) and similar correlations as the SPS-10 with related PMH constructs. The SPS-5 and SPS-10 were also very highly correlated (r = 0.97). The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that a single factor model of the SPS-5 fit the data well. The SPS-5 and SPS-10 yield similar estimates of high social support, of 92.7 and 91.5%, respectively. Conclusion The new SPS-5 demonstrated adequate measurement properties, and functioned in a similar manner to the SPS-10, supporting a reduced version of the Scale. The SPS-5 is a feasible and valid alternative to the SPS-10 that could be used to reduce respondent burden on national health surveys.

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The Social Provisions Scale: psychometric properties of the SPS-10 among participants in nature-based services

Cited by 24 publications

References 40 publications

Risk and resilience of vulnerable families in Hong Kong under the impact of COVID-19: an ecological resilience perspective

Risk and resilience of vulnerable families in Hong Kong under the impact of COVID-19: an ecological resilience perspective

Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey

Validation of a brief version of the Social Provisions Scale using Canadian national survey data

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