Normative values and psychometric properties of the Oslo Social Support Scale-3 (OSSS-3) for adults aged 60 to 85 years.
The main objective of the current study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) and establish detailed normative values for older adults aged between 60 and 85 years. The representative sample analyzed consists of German residents aged between 60 and...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186463418&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186463418 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 7/8/2025 vid: 22 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186463418 10.1007/s10433-025-00867-9 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 702KB tig: atl: Normative values and psychometric properties of the Oslo Social Support Scale-3 (OSSS-3) for adults aged 60 to 85 years. aug: au: Dimitrov, Nikolay Brähler, Elmar Hering, Thomas Glaesmer, Heide Zenger, Markus affil: https://ror.org/04vjfp916 Department of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Osterburger Str. 25, 39576, Stendal, Germany https://ror.org/00q1fsf04 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, Behavioral Medicine Unit, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany su: Germany Mental health Psychometrics Social support Social isolation Active aging Middle age Reference values Risk assessment Research methodology evaluation Research evaluation Descriptive statistics Research methodology Research Comparative studies Factor analysis sug: subj: Mental health Psychometrics Social support Social isolation Active aging Middle age Germany Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Other Individual and Family Services Reference values Risk assessment Research methodology evaluation Research evaluation Descriptive statistics Research methodology Research Comparative studies Factor analysis keyword: Healthy aging Normative values Older adults Oslo Social Support Scale-3 (OSSS-3) Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Psychometric properties Healthy aging Normative values Older adults Oslo Social Support Scale-3 (OSSS-3) Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Psychometric properties ab: The main objective of the current study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) and establish detailed normative values for older adults aged between 60 and 85 years. The representative sample analyzed consists of German residents aged between 60 and 85 living in private households (N = 1659). The analysis of the psychometric properties of the OSSS-3 involved reliability and validity testing as well as an EFA and a CFA. We provide age-specific normative data for the OSSS-3 for the German population aged between 60 and 85. The EFA resulted in a one-factor model for OSSS-3, and the CFA confirmed that this model fits the data well. In accordance with previous studies on this topic, we found that the OSSS-3 is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing perceived levels of social support among older adults. The generated percentile norms allow the direct comparison of individual scores of older adults on the OSSS-3 to an age-corresponding reference sample. Exploring the levels of perceived social support among older adults is important, given the low levels of perceived social support experienced by approximately 25% of older adults in Germany. The risk factors for social isolation and its consequences for the mental and physical health of older adults are discussed. If the population continues to age as expected, an even greater number of older adults in the future could face low levels of perceived social support. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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