Table 1.

Summary of Measures

Construct	Measure	Reportera	# Items	Sample Item	Alpha (A, P)b,c
Acculturation
U.S. Practices	Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (Szapocznik, Kurtines, & Fernandez, 1980)	A, P	11	I speak English at home.	.90–.91, .90–.91
Hispanic Practices	Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire	A, P	11	I speak Spanish at home.	.88–.93, .85–.98
Individualist Values	Individualism-Collectivism Scales (Triandis & Gelfand, 1998)	A, P	8	I prefer to “do my own thing.”	.73–.77, .72–.78
Collectivist Values	Individualism-Collectivism Scales	A, P	8	Parents and children should stick together, no matter the cost.	.79–.87, .70–.80
U.S. Identity	American Identity Measure (Schwartz, Park, et al., 2012)	A, P	12	I feel good about being American.	.88–.91, .88–.89
Ethnic identity	Multi-Group Ethnic Identity Measure (Roberts et al., 1999)	A, P	12	I have a lot of pride in my ethnic group.	.91–.93, .89–.92
Family Functioning
Parental Involvement	Parenting Practices Scale (Gorman-Smith et al., 1996)	A, P	A 15; P 20	When was the last time you asked your child about her/his plans for the coming day?	.86–.91, .80–.84
Positive Parenting	Parenting Practices Scale	A, P	9	When you do something that your parent likes, does s/he give you a wink or a smile?	.83–.85, .71–.78
Parent-Adolescent Communication	Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (Barnes & Olson, 1982)	A, P	20	I can express my feelings to my parent/child without feeling restrained.	.89–.91, .85–.88
Whole-Family Cohesion	Family Relations Scale (Tolan et al., 1997)	A, P	6	Family members feel very close to each other.	.79–.86, .77–.82
Whole-Family Communication	Family Relations Scale	A, P	3	My family knows what I mean when I say something.	.67–.78, .62–.77
Adolescent Outcomes
Self-Esteem	Rosenberg (1968) Self-Esteem Scale	A	10	I feel that I have a number of good qualities.	.74–.84
Optimism	Children’s Hope Scale (Edwards et al., 2007)	A	6	I can think of many ways to get the things in life that are most important to me.	.86–.96
Depressive Symptoms	Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977)	A	20	This week, I felt sad.	.91–.93
Aggressive Behavior	Youth Self-Report (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2002)	A	15	I physically attack people.	.88–.93
Rule-Breaking Behavior	Youth Self-Report	A	17	I break rules at home, school, or elsewhere.	.87–.94
Substance Use	Adapted version of Monitoring the Future instrument (Johnston et al., 2011)	A	3	How many times have you smoked cigarettes in the last 90 days?	N/A

^aA = adolescent, P = parent.

^bWhere applicable, alpha for adolescents is presented first, followed by alpha for parents.

^cRange of alphas across timepoints.