Table 1.
Factor Loadings For the Rotated Factor Solution for the MOS-SSS Items
| Item description | Component | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Emotional support from your close social network (i.e., husband, first-degree relatives, and close friends) | |||
| Someone in your close social network makes you feel wanted. | 0.01 | 0.92 | 0.04 |
| You can turn to someone in your close social network for suggestions about how to deal with a personal problem. | 0.06 | 0.71 | -0.03 |
| You can share your most private worries and fears with someone in your close social network. | 0.16 | 0.71 | 0.01 |
| Someone in your close social network understands your problems. | -0.07 | 0.69 | 0.08 |
| You can count on someone in your close social network to listen to you when you need to talk. | -0.18 | 0.64 | 0.10 |
| Someone in your close social network shows you love and affection. | 0.22 | 0.62 | -0.13 |
| Informational support from healthcare providers (i.e., doctors and nurses) | |||
| Your healthcare providers offer you advice when you really want it. | 0.91 | 0.07 | -0.08 |
| Your healthcare providers give you information to help you understand a situation related to pregancny and childbirth. | 0.88 | 0.13 | -0.11 |
| Your healthcare providers give you good advice about your worries and fears. | 0.75 | -0.03 | 0.16 |
| Your healthcare providers make you feel confident when you talk to them about yourself or your problems. | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| Tangible support from your social network (i.e., husband, first-degree relatives, and close friends) | |||
| Someone in your close social network spends time with you. | -0.08 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| Someone in your close social network takes you to the doctor if you need it. | -0.08 | 0.14 | 0.87 |
| Someone in your close social network prepares your meals if you are unable to do it yourself. | 0.18 | -0.06 | 0.76 |
| Someone in your close social network helps you with daily chores if you are sick. | 0.35 | -0.13 | 0.62 |
| Someone in your close social network engages with you to help get your mind off things. | 0.50 | -0.03 | 0.55 |
| Someone in your close social network helps you if you are confined to bed. | 0.49 | -0.02 | 0.54 |
| Someone in your close social network gets together with you to relax. | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.56 |
| Someone in your close social network does something enjoyable with you. | 0.49 | -0.03 | 0.56 |
| % of variance explained | 44.42 | 15.73 | 7.52 |
| Cumulative % of variance | 44.42 | 60.15 | 67.67 |
| Cronbach’s alpha | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.92 |
Note: significant loadings in boldAbbreviation: MOS-SSS, medical outcomes study social support survey.