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A Multi-Study Analysis of Conceptual and Measurement Issues Related to Health Research on Acculturation in Latinos.
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PMID:  23361579     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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PURPOSE: The aims of the study were to evaluate the orthogonality of acculturation for Latinos. DESIGN: Regression analyses were used to examine acculturation in two Latino samples (N = 77; N = 40). In a third study (N = 673), confirmatory factor analyses compared unidimensional and bidimensional models. Method: Acculturation was assessed with the ARSMA-II (Studies 1 and 2), and language proficiency items from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (Study 3). RESULTS: In Studies 1 and 2, the bidimensional model accounted for slightly more variance (R(2)(Study 1) = .11; R(2)(Study 2) = .21) than the unidimensional model (R(2)(Study 1) = .10; R(2)(Study 2) = .19). In Study 3, the bidimensional model evidenced better fit (Akaike information criterion = 167.36) than the unidimensional model (Akaike information criterion = 1204.92). DISCUSSION: Acculturation is multidimensional. IMPLICATIONS: Care providers should examine acculturation as a bidimensional construct.
Authors:
Arthur R Andrews; Ana J Bridges; Debbie Gomez
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2013-1-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society / Transcultural Nursing Society     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1552-7832     ISO Abbreviation:  J Transcult Nurs     Publication Date:  2013 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2013-1-30     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9001407     Medline TA:  J Transcult Nurs     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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1University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
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