A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the cross-cultural translations and adaptations of the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (MSPSS)

Table 2 Best evidence synthesis of the psychometric properties

Version -Country	Internal consistency	Criterion validity	Construct validity – convergent	Construct validity- divergent	Reproducibility- agreement	Reproducibility- reliability
Arabic women (MSPSS-AW)- USA	Moderate (−-)		Limited (−)	Limited (−)
Arabic Generic – Lebanon	Limited (−)		Unknown (?)	Unknown (?)
Chichewa- Malawi	Strong (+++)			Limited (−)
Chinese (Simplified) – Malaysia	Strong (+++)	Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)
Chinese (Traditional) – Hong Kong, China	Conflicting (−)	Unknown (?)	Moderate (−-)	Moderate (−-)		Limited (+)
Chiyao - Malawi	Strong (+++)			Limited (−)
Creole- USA (Haiti)	Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)			Unknown (?)
French - France	Limited (+)			Limited (−)		Limited (−)
Hausa – Nigeria	Strong (+++)			Limited (−)		Limited (−)
Korean-Korea	Strong (+++)		Limited (−)	Limited (−)
Luganda - Uganda	Limited (−)
Malay – Malaysia	Unknown (?)	Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)
Persian – Iran	Limited (−)		Unknown (?)			Limited (−)
Polish – Poland	Strong (+++)		Moderate (−-)	Moderate (−-)
Portuguese – Portugal	Strong (+++)		Limited (−)	Limited (+)	Limited (−)
Spanish – USA, * Spain	Limited (+)	Moderate (−-)	Moderate (−-)
Swedish – Sweden	Moderate (++)		Limited (−)			Limited (+)
Tamil – Malaysia	Limited (−)	Unknown (?)	Unknown (?)	Unknown (?)
Thai – Thailand	Moderate (++)		Unknown (?)			Limited (+)
Turkish (Original) - Turkey	Moderate (++)		Conflicting (−)	Conflicting (+)
Turkish (Revised) – Turkey	Conflicting (−)		Unknown (?)	Unknown (?)		Unknown (?)
Urdu – Pakistan	? (unknown)		Limited (−)	Moderate (−-)

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