title: Development of the Stress of Immigration Survey: A Field Test Among Mexican Immigrant Women.
abstract: The Stress of Immigration Survey (SOIS) is a screening tool used to assess immigration-related stress. The mixed methods approach included concept development, pretesting, field testing, and psychometric evaluation in a sample of 131 low-income women of Mexican descent. The 21-item SOIS screens for stress related to language, immigrant status, work issues, yearning for family and home country, and cultural dissonance. Mean scores ranged from 3.6 to 4.4 (a scale of 1-5, higher is more stress). Cronbach α values were more than 0.80 for all subscales. The SOIS may be a useful screening tool for detecting high levels of immigration-related stress in low-income Mexican immigrant women.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Dr Sternberg); UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California (Drs Nápoles and Gregorich); UCSF School of Nursing (Drs Paul and Lee); UCSF Institute of Health and Aging (Dr Stewart).
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sternberg
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nápoles
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gregorich
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Anita L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003144:Communication Barriers; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D011203:Poverty; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States