Refining acculturation measures for health research: Latina/o heterogeneity in the National Latino and Asian American Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study factor analyzes six scales relating to acculturation and related experiences among a nationally representative sample of United States-residing Latina/os (n = 2,541) from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), using measurement invariance (MI) testing to explore differences in latent constructs by Latina/o subgroup.

Methods

Factor Analysis (FA) within an Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling framework was used to analyze the factor structure of six scales measuring acculturation and related experiences (i.e., acculturation [language use and preference], enculturation [ethnic identity], discrimination, neighborhood context, and family environment). We tested for MI by two important Latina/o subgroups: ethnic heritage and generational st

SUBMITTER: Roth KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7723201 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature