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.