Acculturation in a Pretreatment Sample of Latino Adolescents: A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Study
Acculturation in a Pretreatment Sample of Latino Adolescents: A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Study
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DOI：
10.1177/0739986314560148
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
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1.4
通讯作者：
Meyers, Kimberly
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作者：
Burrow-Sanchez, Jason J.;Ortiz-Jensen, Cynthia;Meyers, Kimberly
墨西哥裔美国人文化适应评定量表（英语：Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II，简称ARSMA-II）是拉丁美洲人文化适应的最广泛使用的衡量标准之一。虽然ARSMA-II经常使用，但很少有研究审查该措施的潜在因素结构。此外，只有一个先前的研究探讨的因素结构与拉丁美洲青少年的样本。本研究的主要目的是在拉丁裔青少年（n = 106）的预处理样本中测试ARSMA-II简短版本的三个竞争因素模型。验证性因素分析结果支持本研究样本的九项双因素结构。通径分析显示其中一个因子是忧郁症状的预测因子，但受到文化变项家族主义与族群认同的影响。研究结果的影响和进一步完善这一措施的建议进行了讨论。
The Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II (ARSMA-II) is one of the most widely used measures of acculturation for Latinos. While the ARSMA-II is used quite often, there has been little research examining the latent factor structure of the measure. Furthermore, there has only been one prior study examining the factor structure with a sample of Latino adolescents. The primary purpose of the current study is to test three competing factor models of a brief version of the ARSMA-II in a pretreatment sample of Latino adolescents (n = 106). Results from confirmatory factor analyses supported a nine-item two-factor structure for the sample in this study. A path analysis indicated that one of the factors was predictive of depressive symptoms but was mediated by the cultural variables familism and ethnic identity. The implications of study findings and suggestions for further refinement of this measure are discussed.