Principal investigator, Dr. Paris Glin, has completed work on validating a new survey instrument that measures ‘Emotional Social Support’. The effort involved developing new items in addition to modifying existing indicators. Dr. Glin was assisted in developing the initial version of the instrument by a former graduate student, Fred LeRoy, who has since completed his master’s degree and is quite busy working on his doctorate at another institution. Dr. Glin’s current assistant, Judy Stein, a second year graduate student, was involved in refining and testing the instrument with large populations.