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September 1, 1983British Journal of Clinical Psychology186 citations

The quality of social support: Measures of family and work relationships

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CHCharles J. HolahanRMRudolf H. Moos

Key Points

  • To develop and evaluate indices assessing the quality of social support within family and work environments.
  • Assessed a randomly selected community sample of 534 adults (267 men and 267 women).
  • Evaluated the Family Relationships Index (FRI) and Work Relationships Index (WRI) for reliability, construct validity, and concurrent validity.
  • Examined associations between relationship indices, physical and psychological symptoms, and traditional social support metrics.
  • The FRI and WRI demonstrated high reliability and strong concurrent and construct validity.
  • The FRI across participants and the WRI among male respondents showed negative relationships with physical and psychological symptoms.
  • Both relationship indices showed moderate positive correlations with standard measures of social support.

Abstract

This paper describes the development of indices of the quality of social support in the family (FRI) and work (WRI) environments. Respondents were a randomly selected community sample of 267 men and 267 women adult family members. The FRI and WRI were found to have high reliability and good concurrent and construct validity. The FRI and WRI (for male respondents) were negatively related to physical and psychological symptoms, and both indices showed moderate positive relationships to a traditional measure of social support.

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Holahan et al. (1983) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a106f37d478ddac0ffced78https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1983.tb00596.x
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