Table 2.
Factor loadings for the final measurement models and associations among latent variables for the overall sample/more-acculturated sample (English speaking)/less acculturated sample (Spanish-speaking).
| Variables | SES | Psychosocial Resources/ Risk |
MetSyn1 | MetSyn2 | MetSyn3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor Loadings | |||||
| Income | 1.00/1.00/1.00 | ||||
| Education | .71/.48/.76 | ||||
| Life engagement | 1.00/1.00/1.00 | ||||
| Self-esteem | .60/.61/.60 | ||||
| Social support | .46/.53/.42 | ||||
| (Low)Pessimism | −.41/−.55/−.34 | ||||
| Anxiety | −.82/−.73/−.85 | ||||
| Depression | −.67/−.44/−.76 | ||||
| Hopelessness | −.47/−.44/−.51 | ||||
| Hostility | −.40/−.42/−.39 | ||||
| Loneliness | −.68/−.65/−.69 | ||||
| DBP | 1.00/1.00/1.00 | ||||
| SBP | .82/.95/.76 | ||||
| Triglycerides | 1.00/1.00/1.00 | ||||
| HDL-c | −.66/−.68/−.63 | ||||
| Glucose | 1.00/1.00/1.00 | ||||
| Waist | .69/.93/.40 | ||||
| Age-controlled correlations among latent factors (r) | |||||
| SES | --- | ||||
| Psychosocial Resources/Risk | .43/.44/.43 | --- | |||
| MetSyn1 | −.09/−.22/−.03 | .01/−.16*/.11 | --- | ||
| MetSyn2 | −.19/−.19/−.14 | −.09/−.14/−.04 | .34/.43/.27 | --- | |
| MetSyn3 | −.21/−.25/−.17 | −.08/−.22/.02 | .70/.70/.70 | .82/.85/.78 | --- |
Notes. DBP = diastolic blood pressure. HDL-c = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. SBP = systolic blood pressure. SES = socioeconomic status. MetSyn = metabolic syndrome. Statistically significant correlations (p < .05) are bold and marginally significant correlations (p < .10) are underlined.
*
Significant difference (p < .05) in strength of bivariate association between acculturation groups.