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

Table 4 Ratings of quality of psychometric properties

Version –Country	Cross-cultural validity	Structural validity	Internal consistency	Reliability	Construct validity	Criterion validity
Arabic women - USA	? [5]	- [5]	+ [5]		? [63]
Arabic Generic – Lebanon	? [27]	? [27]	+ [27]		? [27]
Chichewa- Malawi	- [26]	+ [26]	+ [26]		? [26, 36]
Chinese (Simplified) – Malaysia	? [12]	? [12]	+ [12]	? [12]	? [12]	? [12]
Chinese (Traditional) – Hong Kong, China	? [17]	? [17], − [64, 80]	? [17], + [64],- [80]	? [17], + [64]	? [17, 64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84]	? [17]
Chiyao – Malawi	- [26]	+ [26]	+ [26]		? [26, 36]
Creole- Haiti(USA)	? [6]	? [6]	? [6]	? [6]
French – France	? [9]	- [9]	+ [9]	? [9]	? [9]
Hausa – Nigeria	- [7, 14]	+ [14]	+ [14]	? [14]	? [85]
Korean-Korea	? [87]	? [87]	+ [87]		? [87]
Luganda – Uganda	- [13]	? [13]	? [13]
Malay – Malaysia	? [11]	? [11, 88]	- [11, 88]	? [11]	? [11, 88], − [89]	? [11]
Persian – Iran	? [18]	? [18]	? [18]	? [18]	? [90, 91]
Polish – Poland	- [92]	+ [92]	+ [92]		? [92,93,94]
Portuguese – Portugal	- [32]	+ [32]	+ [32]	? [32]	? [32, 96, 97]
Spanish – USA, * Spain	? [99] **	? [85] , − [99] *	+ [85] , + [99] *		? [34, 84, 99]**, + [98]
Swedish – Sweden	- [3]	? [3]	+ [3]	+ [3]	+ [3]? [102]
Tamil – Malaysia	? [103]	? [103]	? [103]		? [103]	? [103]
Thai – Thailand	? [44]	- [43, 44]	+ [43, 44]		? [28, 43, 44]
Turkish (Original)- Turkey	? [39]	? [39, 41]	+ [39, 41]		? [39,40,41,42]
Turkish (Revised) – Turkey		- [29, 104]	+ [29];? [104]		? [29]
Urdu – Pakistan	? [49]	? [49], − [47]	? [49]		? [45,46,47,48]

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