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Latino Immigrant Family Socialization Scale

Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Ethnic–Racial Socialization Measurement

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ID8092763
AuthorsCecilia Ayón (0000-0001-5719-8394, Cecilia Ayón, PhD, MSW, is associate professor, School of Public Policy, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, 4133 Chass Interdisciplinary South, Riverside, CA; e-mail: [email protected], corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume63
Issue3
Pages222-233
Publication date2018-04-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/swy016
PMID29701823
OpenAlexW2800236288
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited28

The study describes multiple steps taken to develop and test the Latino Immigrant Family Socialization (LIFS) scale. Scale items were developed based on qualitative interviews, and feedback on the items was solicited from content experts including an academic, practitioner, and a group of promotoras (or lay health workers). The scale was completed by 300 Latino immigrant parents in the state of Arizona. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a six-factor model. The six factors were cultural socialization, adapt, advocate, value diversity, promote mistrust, and educate about nativity and documentation. Follow-up studies are needed to continue the measurement validation process and assess how strategies are used in conjunction with each other, the application of the six strategies across different policy contexts, and how the ethnic-racial socialization process supports children's health and well-being

Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Documentation · Ethnic group · Exploratory factor analysis · Immigration · Political science · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Socialization · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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