Family and Community Health
Volume 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-52

Development of the stress of immigration survey A field test among mexican immigrant women (Article)

Sternberg R.M.* , Nápoles A.M. , Gregorich S. , Paul S. , Lee K.A. , Stewart A.L.
  • a School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California St Ste 335, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States
  • b School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California St Ste 335, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States
  • c UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States
  • d UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States
  • e UCSF School of Nursing, United States
  • f UCSF Institute of Health and Aging, United States

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. © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

immigration stress Mexican immigrant women Stress

Index Keywords

communication barrier Communication Barriers immigrant lowest income group poverty Cronbach alpha coefficient human immigration language ethnology Mexico screening Surveys and Questionnaires United States Humans migrant human tissue family psychology Emigrants and Immigrants female stress questionnaire Psychometrics psychometry major clinical study adult migration Emigration and Immigration concept formation
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948472108&doi=10.1097%2fFCH.0000000000000088&partnerID=40&md5=85fddd1a1d6f8eb8489cbb248758910d
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000088
ISSN: 01606379
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English