Table 5.
Validity assessment.
| (a) Correlations between BSI-18 raw scores and MSPSS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale scores | Family | Friends | Significant others | MSPSS total |
| Depression | -.23** | -.18** | -.20** | -.26** |
| Anxiety | -.15** | -.09** | -.10** | -.14** |
| Somatization | -.12** | -.11** | -.13** | -.15** |
| General BSI | -.19** | -.13** | -.17** | -.21** |
| *p < .01; **p < .001; MPSS, multidimensional scale of perceived social support. | ||||
| (b) Structural standardized validity coefficients between the BSI-18 factors and MSPSS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Family | Friends | Significant others | MSPSS total |
| Depression | -.31** | -.26** | -.28** | -.36** |
| Anxiety | -.15** | -.11** | -.10** | -.15** |
| Somatization | -.14** | -.13** | -.15** | -.18** |
| General BSI | -.25** | -.19** | -.20** | -.27** |
| *p < .01; **p < .001; MPSS, multidimensional scale of perceived social support. | ||||
| (c) Goodness-of-fit results for the structural validity model | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 (df) | CFI | RMSEA | (90% CI) |
| 539.62 (190) | .978 | .046 | (.041; .051) |