Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

The objectives of the study were to generate normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) for different age groups for men and women and to further investigate the factor structure in the general population.Nationally representative face-to face household surveys were conducted in Germany in 2008 (n = 2524).Normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale were generated for men and women (52.3% female) and different age levels (mean...