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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2014 Apr;20(2):191–201. doi: 10.1037/a0034094

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Percentage of Responses Missing for Familism, Closeness to Family Members, Perceived Social Support, and Psychological Health Measures by Cultural Background

Measure Latino background
European background
Asian background
(n = 173)
(n = 257)
(n = 642)
M (SD) % missing (n) M (SD) % missing (n) M (SD) % missing (n)
Familism
Sabogal et al. (1987)
 Family obligations 4.29 (0.52) 0.9 (2) 4.02 (0.55) 0.7 (2) 4.17 (0.53) 0.8 (6)
 Family as source of support 4.05 (0.75) 1.4 (3) 4.04 (0.76) 0.3 (1) 3.92 (0.73) 1.0 (12)
 Family as referents 2.67 (0.74) 1.8 (4) 2.60 (0.74) 1.4 (4) 3.01 (0.69) 1.0 (7)
Steidel & Contreras (2003)
 Family support 4.00 (0.63) 3.7 (8) 3.69 (0.62) 1.7 (5) 3.98 (0.55) 0.5 (4)
 Family interconnectedness 4.28 (0.57) 0.5 (1) 4.02 (0.63) 1.7 (5) 4.14 (0.56) 1.6 (12)
 Family honor 2.69 (0.76) 1.8 (4) 2.42 (0.77) 0.3 (1) 2.97 (0.78) 1.1 (8)
 Subjugation of self for family 3.41 (0.82) 1.8 (4) 3.16 (0.88) 0.0 (0) 3.42 (0.81) 1.5 (11)
Closeness to family members
 IOS mother 5.35 (1.71) 0.0 (0) 5.22 (1.78) 0.0 (0) 5.05 (1.62) 0.1 (1)
 IOS father 3.87 (2.14) 0.0 (0) 4.21 (1.88) 0.3 (1) 4.10 (1.78) 0.1 (1)
 IOS siblings 4.77 (1.77) 0.5 (1) 4.09 (2.21) 0.0 (0) 4.47 (2.02) 0.4 (3)
Perceived social support
 MOS affectionate support 4.35 (0.80) 1.4 (3) 4.28 (0.91) 0.7 (2) 4.07 (0.92) 0.8 (6)
 MOS emotional/informational support 4.23 (0.84) 0.0 (0) 4.26 (0.83) 0.3 (1) 4.02 (0.83) 0.8 (6)
 MOS positive social interaction support 4.35 (0.82) 0.0 (0) 4.28 (0.86) 0.3 (1) 4.18 (0.79) 0.4 (3)
 MOS tangible support 4.05 (0.88) 1.4 (3) 4.01 (0.93) 0.0 (0) 3.84 (0.89) 0.8 (6)
Psychological health
 Perceived stress 2.73 (0.55) 2.7 (6) 2.72 (0.62) 1.7 (5) 2.90 (0.54) 1.4 (10)
 Mental Health Inventory 2.24 (0.58) 2.3 (5) 2.28 (0.63) 0.7 (2) 2.34 (0.61) 0.7 (5)
 Depression symptoms 1.88 (0.57) 4.1 (9) 1.89 (0.61) 2.0 (6) 2.02 (0.56) 2.7 (20)

Note. IOS ≤ Inclusion of Self in Other Scale; MOS ≤ Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey.

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