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The Impact of Acculturation on Attitudinal Familism in a Community of Puerto Rican Americans
Karl KosloskiJulian Montoro Rodnrguezsubject
Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageSocial Psychologymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesImmigrationEthnic groupPuerto rican050109 social psychologyContext (language use)AcculturationExploratory factor analysis050106 general psychology & cognitive sciencesSocial integrationAnthropology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesConstruct (philosophy)PsychologySocial psychologymedia_commondescription
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between acculturation and familism in a samnple of 182 Hispanics of Puerto Rican descent. Exploratory factor analysis was used to establish the multidimensionality of each construct. Consistent with earlier studies, three dimensions of acculturation and familism were identified. Each dimension offamilism was then regressed on a set of explanatory variables that included three dimensions of acculturation. For two dimensions offamilism (familial obligations and support from relatives), acculturation was positively related to familism; for the other dimension (family as referents), the relationship was nonsignificant. In explaining variance in attitudinal familism, the results suggest that acculturation may be better represented as a single, second-orderfactor In interpreting the findings in the context of previous research, however; it is useful to treat acculturation as a multidimensional construct.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-01 | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences |