Psychometric properties of a Russian version of the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6) in eastern European immigrants

Abstract

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.