MEXICAN VALIDATION OF THE MOS QUESTIONNAIRE ON PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DEL CARPIO PERLA; ROBLES ERIKA; QUINTEROS YASMÍN; GALLEGOS MIGUEL; GAGO GALVAGNO LUCAS; CAYCHO-RODRÍGUEZ TOMÁS; VILCA, LINDSEY W.; MARTINO PABLO; CERVIGNI MAURICIO; RAZUMOVSKIY ANASTASIA; PORTILLO, NELSON

Suma Psicológica

Konrad Lorenz Editores

Año: 2022 vol. 29 p. 100 - 109

0121-4381

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a very negative impact on people’s overall mental health and psychosocial well-being, but the study of available social support to cope with such an adverse situation has received hardly any attention. Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the MOS Perceived Social Support Questionnaire among the Mexican population in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Non-experimental cross-sectional study. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Medical Outcomes Study were applied in a non-probabilistic sample. A total of 898 people from different regions in Mexico, 258 males and 640 females, participated in the study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The analysis yielded a bi-factor model with two factors, Emotional/informational support and Tangible support, with satisfactory goodness of fit indices. Reliability was adequate with a high hierarchical omega coefficient, as well as in the factors. Likewise, the H coefficient was adequate in the general factor and its dimensions. Conclusions: Results showed that the scale is a valid and reliable measure of perceived social support among the Mexican population.