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

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Social Support – mean scores as a function of sex and age

Variables	n	OSSS M (SD)	Group differences^a	Effect Size^b
Sex			p > .05	d = .03
Male	1201	10.13 (2.29)
Female	1318	10.19^c (2.21)
Age group, yr			p < .001	d = .39
14–24	302	10.66 (2.07)
25–34	297	10.31 (2.29)
35–44	453	10.41 (2,20)
45–54	448	10.04 (2.36)
55–64	407	9.90 (2.18)
65–74	404	9.98 (2.17)
≥ 75	208	9.79 (2.40)

OSSS Oslo Social Support Scale
Notes: ^a Group differences were performed using Kruskal-Wallis- and Mann-Whitney-U-Tests; for each variable, the subgroups for that variable with the highest and lowest mean scores were used for calculation of effect size ^b Effect Size as Cohen’s d; ^c The bolded means represent the subgroups with the highest mean score

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