Table 4.
Factor Loadings of US-Born Version of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Discrimination Stress | ||||||||
| a. I have been discriminated against. | .83 | .02 | −.05 | .08 | −.05 | −.07 | −.02 | −.11 |
| b. I experienced discrimination because of the color of my skin. | .79 | −.02 | −.02 | .01 | .02 | −.08 | .07 | −.06 |
| c. I was treated “less than” other Americans because I am Hispanic/Latino. | .71 | .01 | −.12 | −.06 | −.04 | .05 | .13 | .06 |
| d. I was discriminated against because of my customs and cultural celebrations. | .65 | .02 | −.04 | .14 | −.04 | .01 | −.07 | −.07 |
| e. I have felt unaccepted by others due to my Hispanic culture. | .62 | −.09 | .07 | −.11 | .00 | .04 | −.01 | .21 |
| f. Members of my family have experienced discrimination. | .55 | .00 | .18 | .13 | .06 | −.05 | −.02 | .09 |
| g. I was discriminated against in the health clinic or hospital. | .53 | .06 | .12 | −.15 | −.05 | −.04 | .20 | −.16 |
| h. I have seen friends treated badly because they are Hispanics/Latinos | .52 | −.02 | .06 | .06 | .00 | .06 | −.04 | .20 |
| i. Because I am Hispanic/Latino, I have been paid less than others. | .49 | .00 | .10 | −.02 | .03 | .09 | .21 | .09 |
| j. Because I am Hispanic/Latino I was not expected to go to college. | .44 | .08 | .00 | .05 | .02 | .06 | −.14 | .27 |
| k. I was arrested. | .35 | .09 | −.11 | .06 | −.03 | .03 | .13 | −.01 |
| 2. Marital Stress | ||||||||
| a. I have felt that my spouse and I have not been able to communicate. | .05 | .79 | −.04 | −.06 | .08 | .10 | .01 | −.03 |
| b. There is a lack of trust between my spouse and me. | .01 | .76 | .02 | −.06 | .01 | .04 | .03 | −.04 |
| c. There was a lack of respect in our marital relationship. | .02 | .70 | .06 | .02 | −.06 | −.17 | −.14 | .11 |
| d. My spouse and I have different personalities. | −.02 | .68 | −.01 | .05 | −.11 | .19 | −.12 | −.02 |
| e. My spouse and I talked about divorce. | −.07 | .65 | .05 | .07 | −.04 | −.02 | −.01 | .07 |
| f. My spouse and I experienced infidelity. | .05 | .55 | .06 | .00 | .18 | −.27 | .02 | .14 |
| g. My spouse and I disagreed about choosing our friends. | .13 | .50 | −.17 | −.03 | −.07 | .09 | .14 | .09 |
| h. My spouse has been drinking too much alcohol. | −.12 | .48 | −.01 | .15 | .01 | .09 | .08 | −.13 |
| i. My spouse and I disagreed on where we should live. | .23 | .45 | −.04 | −.05 | −.03 | .03 | .06 | −.17 |
| j. My spouse and I have disagreed on how to bring up our children. | −.08 | .38 | .00 | .10 | .20 | .00 | .15 | −.16 |
| 3. Health Stress | ||||||||
| a. I could not pay for my medical care. | .05 | −.05 | .79 | .08 | −.04 | −.05 | .00 | .02 |
| b. We did not have health insurance to cover family insurance. | .16 | .04 | .72 | .04 | .01 | −.10 | −.05 | −.08 |
| c. I did not have access to high quality health care. | .13 | −.05 | .71 | .02 | −.02 | .01 | −.07 | .01 |
| d. I did not have health insurance to cover my illness. | .00 | −.01 | .71 | −.05 | −.04 | .01 | .16 | .11 |
| e. I had to wait for a long time before I received health treatment. | −.14 | −.01 | .59 | .05 | −.07 | .12 | .13 | .13 |
| f. I could not get dental insurance. | −.21 | .08 | .58 | .00 | −.07 | .07 | .26 | .12 |
| 4. Family-Related Stress | ||||||||
| a. I had serious arguments with family members. | .02 | −.04 | −.01 | .78 | −.06 | .04 | .04 | −.11 |
| b. There have been conflicts among members of my family. | −.02 | .08 | .05 | .66 | .07 | .12 | −.04 | .09 |
| c. There has been physical violence among members of my family. | .04 | −.02 | −.04 | .65 | .11 | −.11 | .08 | .13 |
| d. There was domestic violence in our home. | −.01 | .12 | .03 | .58 | .02 | −.22 | .07 | .00 |
| e. I have been around too much violence. | .01 | .00 | −.09 | .52 | −.07 | .18 | .18 | −.02 |
| f. My personal goals have been in conflict with family goals. | .19 | −.13 | .03 | .51 | .02 | .18 | −.04 | −.06 |
| g. Men in our family are too macho (jealous of women’s accomplishments). | .02 | .10 | .21 | .40 | −.06 | −.03 | −.22 | .18 |
| h. There was no positive male figure in our family. | −.03 | .05 | .15 | .33 | −.03 | .14 | −.02 | .19 |
| 5. Parental Stress | ||||||||
| a. I have thought that my children used illegal drugs. | .02 | .02 | −.24 | .07 | .71 | .08 | .06 | .07 |
| b. My children have been drinking alcohol. | −.07 | .08 | −.13 | .11 | .67 | −.11 | −.03 | .24 |
| c. My children have talked about leaving home. | −.03 | −.14 | −.16 | .10 | .65 | .03 | −.01 | .10 |
| d. My son or daughter became sexually active. | −.08 | .04 | .06 | −.05 | .65 | −.17 | .07 | .13 |
| e. I have thought that my children wanted their independence before they are ready. | .06 | .04 | .14 | −.10 | .65 | −.07 | .03 | .06 |
| f. I had difficulties motivating my child about school. | .03 | −.07 | .22 | −.13 | .50 | .09 | .02 | −.14 |
| g. My children have received bad school reports (or bad grades). | −.03 | .02 | .08 | .06 | .48 | .31 | .01 | −.26 |
| h. I had arguments with my child about cultural values, customs, and morals. | .13 | .20 | .23 | −.12 | .31 | .23 | −.11 | −.07 |
| 6. Occupation Stress | ||||||||
| a. Others have been too worried about the amount and quality of work I do. | .01 | −.01 | .00 | −.07 | −.07 | .70 | .01 | .28 |
| b. I have been criticized about my work. | .00 | .14 | −.03 | .01 | −.07 | .67 | .07 | .16 |
| c. I have had to watch the quality of my work so others do not think I am lazy. | .07 | −.05 | −.03 | .15 | −.02 | .55 | −.02 | .08 |
| d. My boss has thought of me as being too passive. | −.02 | .02 | −.01 | .02 | −.01 | .55 | −.09 | .05 |
| e. I have thought that my children were not receiving a good education.a | −.04 | −.02 | .24 | −.01 | .26 | .42 | −.13 | −.18 |
| f. Because of the importance of getting ahead in my job I had to compete with others. | .16 | .00 | .15 | −.08 | .05 | .36 | .05 | .28 |
| 7. Unemployment and Economic Stress | ||||||||
| a. I lost my job. | .11 | .01 | .04 | .00 | .12 | −.05 | .68 | −.02 |
| b. I could not find a job. | .16 | −.04 | .23 | .11 | −.03 | −.19 | .62 | −.02 |
| c. I have been forced to accept low paying jobs. | .21 | .02 | .05 | −.01 | .01 | .19 | .39 | .15 |
| d. My income has not been sufficient to support my family or myself. | .12 | .04 | .12 | .20 | −.01 | .14 | .36 | −.07 |
| 8. Family and Religion | ||||||||
| a. I have seen that traditional religious customs are ignored.a | .06 | −.03 | .01 | −.02 | .08 | .19 | −.03 | .47 |
| b. Members of my family were divorced.a | −.03 | .02 | .09 | .11 | .05 | .04 | .01 | .46 |
| c. I have felt that members of my family are losing their religion.a | .07 | −.05 | .09 | .02 | .14 | .18 | .05 | .46 |
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These items were deleted from the scale. Factor loading greater than .31 in boldface type.