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Tables of Contents for Measurement and Analysis in Psychosocial Research
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables and diagrams
ix
6
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction: Psychosocial research and the failing of theory -- Measurement and analysis issues
1
11
Psychosocial research and the failing of theory
1
2
Measurement and analysis issues and objectives of the book
3
2
The chronic crisis in validation and the overlooked issue of relation
5
2
The Chen Approaches to Unidimensionalized Scaling (CAUS)
7
1
Psychosocial mechanism of affective functioning: Social support, stress, and depression
8
4
1 Theories on psychosocial mechanism of affective functioning
12
14
Affective functioning and depression: An overview
13
1
Causative outlook
13
6
The psychosocial aspects
19
2
Social support theory
21
1
Stress and disease
22
2
The stress buffering hypothesis
24
2
2 Issues in measurement and analysis
26
12
Elements and dimensions of social support
27
2
The state of the art of scale development
29
3
Psychosocial determinants of depression: A critique of current practice in measurement and analysis
32
4
Research objectives
36
2
3 Social well-being, mental health, and quality of life: A research framework
38
23
Dimensions of well-being, health and functioning and problems of confounding
39
2
The logic of relational analysis and the requirements for construct validity
41
1
Definition of depression, social support, stress, and related concepts
42
10
Culture and mental health
52
5
Aging and affective functioning
57
4
4 Modeling psychosocial mechanism of affective functioning
61
23
Social support, stress, coping, and depression
61
12
Subjective aspects of social support and cognitive processes in depression
73
3
Cultural differentiation: A new perspective Affective disorders in old age: The gerontological approach
76
1
Gender comparison: A feminist viewpoint
79
1
Psychosocial determinants of depression among elderly Chinese and Chinese Americans
80
4
5 Multifactorial scaling methods
84
12
Statistical reduction and beyond: A perspective on psychosocial measurement
84
4
Theoretical approach to unidimensionalization: Learning from science
88
4
Weighting and multiple regression: A practical strategy
92
6
6 Empirical data and analysis plan
96
17
The data sets
97
2
Variables and original scales
97
2
Some consideration of measures and operationalization of the path model
104
2
Scale development and hypothesis testing: An integral and optimal approach to data analysis
106
2
Analysis procedures and a caveat about causation
108
5
7 Scale development
113
14
Item selection and content and construct validity
113
2
The domain of social support
115
3
The measurement of life stress
118
6
Symptoms of depression
124
2
Personal coping: Health behaviors and social attitudes
126
1
8 Factor analysis: Dimensionality and subscales
127
37
Descriptive statistics and factor analysis procedures
127
3
The Social Support Scale (SSS)
130
11
The Life Stress Scale (LSS)
141
13
The Depression Scale (DS)
154
6
The personal coping proxy scales
160
4
9 The CAUS and the falsification of measurement models
164
42
Theory-guided unidimensionalization
165
7
Practice-oriented unidimensionalization
172
9
Examination of scaling hypotheses by comparing derived scales: Criterion-related validity
181
22
Conclusion on scaling effectiveness
203
3
10 Substantive analysis and model testing
206
40
Depression among Chinese and Chinese-American elderly
207
3
Social network support
210
1
Stress and coping
211
3
Correlates of depression
214
11
Social support, life stress, and personal coping
225
5
Statistical control via multiple regression
230
3
Path analysis
233
13
11 Conclusion
246
19
Psychosocial research and the saving of theory: Toward unidimensionalized scaling
247
2
Validity, relation, and unconfounded logic
249
3
Multiple measurement, scaling effectiveness, and standardization of research results
252
2
Social support, stress, and depression in a context of aging and Chinese culture
254
3
The limitation of research
257
4
Relevance to practice and policy making
261
1
Suggestions to future research
262
3
Appendix
265
38
1a Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) items and scaling methods
265
4
1b Items used for the Social Support Scale (SSS) development
269
10
2 Items used for the Life Stress Scale (LSS) development
279
11
3a Modified CES-D (17 items)
290
1
3b Items used for the Depression Scale (DS) development
291
6
4a Items used in personal coping proxy measure 1: Health Behaviors and Beliefs (HBB)
297
3
4b Items used in personal coping proxy measure 2: Attitudes Toward Social Support (ATSS)
300
2
4c Items used in personal coping proxy measure 3: Attitudes Toward Elderly (ATE)
302
1
Bibliography
303