Psychometric Performance of a Novel Measure of Social Support Among Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Latino Gay Men

Paul A Gilbert; Scott D Rhodes

doi:10.1177/0739986312446290

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Psychometric Performance of a Novel Measure of Social Support Among Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Latino Gay Men

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Psychometric Performance of a Novel Measure of Social Support Among Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Latino Gay Men

Paul A Gilbert and Scott D Rhodes

Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences, Vol.34(3), pp.491-504

08/2012

DOI: 10.1177/0739986312446290

PMCID: PMC8386914

PMID: 34446985

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Abstract

Social support is protective for a variety of health outcomes, and individuals living outside their country of origin (“sojourners”) might use social support in distinctive ways. The authors performed a confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item Index of Sojourner Social Support (ISSS) using data obtained from 190 Spanish-speaking immigrant Latino gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) in North Carolina, a marginalized group for whom social support might be especially salient. The authors failed to replicate the original distinction between socioemotional and instrumental support; however, a reduced set of 11 ISSS items appeared to be a very good measure of a single latent factor, with high factor loadings (λ ≥ .87) and excellent internal consistency reliability (α = .97). The authors encourage further research to understand the psychometric properties of the ISSS, to further elaborate the most meaningful dimensions of social support among immigrant populations, and to establish whether associations exist between ISSS scores and health-related behaviors.

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Title: Subtitle: Psychometric Performance of a Novel Measure of Social Support Among Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Latino Gay Men
Creators: Paul A Gilbert - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Scott D Rhodes - Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences, Vol.34(3), pp.491-504
DOI: 10.1177/0739986312446290
PMID: 34446985
PMCID: PMC8386914
NLM abbreviation: Hisp J Behav Sci
ISSN: 0739-9863
eISSN: 1552-6364
Grant note: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?sort=date&term=R21+HD049282%2FHD%2FNICHD+NIH+HHS%2FUnited+States%5BGrant+Number%5D
Language: English
Date published: 08/2012
Academic Unit: Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984215019002771

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