title: Psychometric properties of a Russian version of the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6) in eastern European immigrants.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.affiliation: Nursing School of Coimbra UCPESMP, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Paula Teixeira de Almeida Vieira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012426:Russia; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult