Cross-Cultural Validation of the Barcelona Immigration Stress Scale.

ABSTRACT: The concept of acculturative stress has been the subject of debate, resulting in contradictory arguments regarding its measurement. Many of the existing acculturative stress instruments have been developed for use with specific migrant groups. The objective of the current study is to revisit the psychometric properties of the Barcelona Immigration Stress Scale, an instrument aimed at measuring stress levels associated with the migration trajectory in any migrant group. Using a sample of 915 migrants who consulted in primary care, we carried out principal component and confirmatory factor analyses as well as item response theory analyses applied both to the entire sample and to different migratory groups separately. The new reduced version of the scale has very good psychometric properties

SUBMITTER: Eiroa-Orosa FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632226 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature