Familism (mean = 3.32, SD = 0.60, α = 0.77) |
If one of my relatives needed a place to stay for a few months, my family would let them stay with us. |
0.638 |
I expect my relatives to help me when I need them. |
0.688 |
When a family makes an important decision, they should talk about it with their close relatives. |
0.713 |
If anyone in my family needed help, we would all be there to help them. |
0.643 |
Respeto (mean = 3.71, SD = 0.52, α = 0.89) |
I will take care of my parents when they are old. |
0.723 |
It is important to honor my parents. |
0.791 |
It is important to respect my parents. |
0.797 |
I want to be a good person so that people know that my parents raised me right. |
0.758 |
Fatalism (mean = 2.96, SD = 0.68, α = 0.72) |
It’s more important to enjoy life now than to plan for the future. |
0.738 |
People can’t really do much to change what happens in life. You just have to accept things. |
0.743 |
I live for today because I don’t know what will happen in the future. |
0.725 |
I don’t plan ahead because most things in life are a matter of luck. |
0.682 |
Machismo (mean = 2.19, SD = 0.62, α = 0.77) |
Boys should not be allowed to play with dolls and other girls’ toys. |
0.632 |
Parents should maintain stricter control over their daughters then their sons. |
0.566 |
There are some jobs that women simply should not have. |
0.707 |
A wife should never contradict her husband in public. |
0.740 |
Men are more intelligent than women. |
0.653 |
No matter what people say, women really like dominant men. |
0.635 |
Some equality in marriage is a good thing, but the father ought to have the main say in family matters. |
0.694 |