Process / pipelineFunctional and social support assessment
MOS Social Support Survey
The Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SS) is a 19-item self-report measure of social support developed by Sherbourne and Stewart in 1991. It assesses functional aspects of social relationships—emotional, informational, tangible, and social companionship support—relevant to health outcomes in diverse populations.
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- Sherbourne, C. D., & Stewart, A. L. (1991). The MOS Social Support Survey. Social Science & Medicine, 32(6), 705–714. DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90150-B ↗
- Stewart, A. L., Hays, R. D., & Ware, J. E. (1988). The MOS Short-Form General Health Survey: reliability and validity in a patient population. Medical Care, 26(7), 724–735. DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198807000-00007 ↗
- Cohen, S. (1992). Stress, social support, and disorder. In S. H. Friedman (Ed.), Hostility, coping, and health (pp. 109–128). American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/10110-009 ↗