Table 1.

Measures for Familias en Nuestra Escuela pilot study

Variable; *measurement tool	Variable type	Scoring	+Alpha	# of items	Tool developed by
Sense of ethnic pride/identity; ethnic identity scale	Mediator	Higher score indicates greater ethnic pride; score range 1–4	0.66	15	Phinney
Perception of self-control; self-efficacy for self-control	Mediator	Maximum score 52 indicates high sense of self-control; minimum score 13 indicates low sense of self-control	0.71	13	Phillips & Pringer
Level of acculturation; SASH	Moderator	<2.99 less acculturation, >2.99 more acculturation	0.88	5	Marin et al.
Attitudes about couple violence; acceptance couple violence	Outcome variable	Low score indicates low level of acceptance of couple violence, score range 1 to 4	0.87	11	Foshee, Fothergill & Stuart
Attitudes about gender; gender attitudes	Outcome variable	Higher score indicates high level of stereotyping, score range 1 to 4	0.74	12	Galambos, Peterson, & Richards
Incidence of physical fighting; physical fighting behavior	Outcome variable	Number of physical fights over the past 12 months	0.70	5	DASH, CDC
Incidence of dating violence; victimization in dating	Outcome variable	Number of times experienced dating violence	0.91	18	Foshee, Linder, Bauman et al.

^*All measurement tools, except the SASH (Marin et al. [17]), are from the CDC's Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors and Influences among youth: a Compendium of Assessment Tools (Dahlberg et al. [30])

+ Alphas are from our Familias En Nuestra Escuela pilot study