BACKGROUND: The concept of social support and its relationship to physical health and psychological well-being has been well documented. The Social Support Questionnaire [Sarason, Sarason, Shearin, & Pierce (1987) A brief measure of social support: Practical and theoretical implications. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 4, 497-510] is a self-administered questionnaire used to measure the availability and satisfaction with perceived social support an individual has. AIM: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a Russian version of the SSQ6 in a sample of Russian-speaking immigrants residing in Portugal. METHODS: The SSQ6 was administered to 555 subjects - Russian-speaking immigrants residing in several regions of Portugal. The questionnaire was administered on a group basis along with a number of other self-report tests as part of a larger mental health status immigrants' study. RESULTS: The Russian version of the SSQ6 has an internally consistent measure Cronbach's α 0.885 for the total scale. For the subscale SSQ6N (number of supporters) Cronbach's α was 0.907; for the subscale SSQ6S (satisfaction of support) Cronbach's α was 0.921. Two factors were extracted using factor analysis - Number of supporters and Satisfaction with social support.
BACKGROUND: The concept of social support and its relationship to physical health and psychological well-being has been well documented. The Social Support Questionnaire [Sarason, Sarason, Shearin, & Pierce (1987) A brief measure of social support: Practical and theoretical implications. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 4, 497-510] is a self-administered questionnaire used to measure the availability and satisfaction with perceived social support an individual has. AIM: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a Russian version of the SSQ6 in a sample of Russian-speaking immigrants residing in Portugal. METHODS: The SSQ6 was administered to 555 subjects - Russian-speaking immigrants residing in several regions of Portugal. The questionnaire was administered on a group basis along with a number of other self-report tests as part of a larger mental health status immigrants' study. RESULTS: The Russian version of the SSQ6 has an internally consistent measure Cronbach's α 0.885 for the total scale. For the subscale SSQ6N (number of supporters) Cronbach's α was 0.907; for the subscale SSQ6S (satisfaction of support) Cronbach's α was 0.921. Two factors were extracted using factor analysis - Number of supporters and Satisfaction with social support.
Authors: Ana Karen Manriquez Prado; Gabriel Fidel Santos Malavé; Lauren E Friedman; Juan Carlos Vélez; Rodrigo Winston Gillibrand Esquinazi; Sixto E Sanchez; Qiu-Yue Zhong; Bizu Gelaye; Michelle A Williams Journal: Int J Womens Health Date: 2018-07-19