title: Social support among immigrant Latino men: a validation study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the factor structure of the Index of Sojourner's Social Support (ISSS) within a sample of Spanish-speaking immigrant Latino men.
  
  
  METHODS
  We explored the factor structure and calculated correlations to examine associations between the ISSS subscales and self-esteem, mastery, and depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age of the 244 participants was 26.9 years old and most were from Mexico, had less than high school educational attainment, and worked in construction. The ISSS did not perform as well as expected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the ISSS may prove useful as we begin to conceptualize the role and meaning of social support within the context of immigration, more research is needed to develop meaningful measures of constructs among immigrant Latinos in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA. srhodes@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Eun-Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonzo
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reboussin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires