Table 3.
Psychometric characteristics of youth measures for each wave.
| Baseline |
1-Year follow-up |
2-Year follow-up |
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| Youth measures | Range | N | Skew | M | SD | αa | N | Skew | M | SD | αa | N | Skew | M | SD | αa |
| Cultural/Ethnic Group Membership Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| Language (friends) | 1,5 | 4090 | -1.64 | 4.50 | 0.77 | – | 3647 | -1.48 | 4.46 | 0.76 | – | 2350 | -1.73 | 4.53 | 0.73 | – |
| Language (family) | 1, 5 | 4090 | -0.85 | 3.81 | 1.36 | – | 3647 | -0.86 | 3.82 | 1.33 | – | 2350 | -0.98 | 3.94 | 1.28 | – |
| MACVS Familism-Obligation (M) | 1, 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6525 | -0.34 | 3.88 | 0.68 | 0.77 |
| MACVS Familism-Support (M) | 1, 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6524 | -0.80 | 4.17 | 0.63 | 0.83 |
| MACVS Familism-Referent (M) | 1, 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6526 | -0.35 | 3.79 | 0.76 | 0.84 |
| Perceived Discrimination Scale (M) | 1, 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,866 | 3.47 | 1.18 | 0.39 | 0.76 | 6392 | 3.98 | 1.15 | 0.33 | 0.76 |
| Proximal Social Environment Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| SRPF School Environment (T) | 6, 24 | 11,853 | -0.88 | 19.93 | 2.83 | 0.61 | 11,195 | -0.95 | 20.41 | 2.70 | 0.65 | 6531 | -0.64 | 19.60 | 2.82 | 0.71 |
| SRPF School Involvement (T) | 4, 16 | 11,853 | -0.86 | 13.06 | 2.37 | 0.65 | 11,195 | -0.89 | 13.28 | 2.28 | 0.69 | 6531 | -0.60 | 12.69 | 2.34 | 0.72 |
| SRPF School Disengagement (T) | 2, 8 | 11,853 | 0.66 | 3.74 | 1.46 | 0.20 | 11,194 | 0.60 | 3.82 | 1.39 | 0.19 | 6531 | 0.54 | 3.95 | 1.35 | 0.26 |
| School Attendance | 0, 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6440 | 6.51 | 0.09 | 0.44 | – |
| School Grades | 1, 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6432 | 1.34 | 3.17 | 1.34 | – |
| Neighborhood Safety | 1, 5 | 11,854 | -1.02 | 4.03 | 1.10 | – | 11,195 | -1.15 | 4.15 | 1.00 | – | 6533 | -1.04 | 4.10 | 0.99 | – |
| Social Interaction Domain | ||||||||||||||||
| FES Conflict Subscale (T) | 0, 9 | 11,854 | 0.94 | 2.04 | 1.95 | 0.68 | 11,195 | 1.04 | 1.92 | 1.84 | 0.67 | 6531 | 1.06 | 1.87 | 1.84 | 0.66 |
| CRPBI Acceptance (M, primary caregiver) | 1, 3 | 11,844 | -1.83 | 2.78 | 0.30 | 0.71 | 11,189 | -1.89 | 2.81 | 0.29 | 0.72 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Parental Monitoring (M) | 1, 5 | 11,857 | -1.14 | 4.38 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 11,195 | -1.31 | 4.49 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 6533 | -1.30 | 4.50 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| SDQ Prosocial Behavior (M) | 0, 2 | 11,845 | -1.08 | 1.68 | 0.37 | 0.58 | 11,187 | -1.23 | 1.71 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 6533 | -1.23 | 1.72 | 0.36 | 0.66 |
| PBP Delinquent Peer Involvement (T) | 2, 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6327 | 2.93 | 3.61 | 1.26 | 0.55 |
| PBP Prosocial Peer Involvement (T) | 2, 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6393 | -0.10 | 9.39 | 2.62 | 0.45 |
| PNH Protective Scale (T)b | 0, 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6533 | 0.04 | 11.95 | 8.09 | 0.49 |
| Wills Problem Solving (T) | 6, 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 11,181 | -0.71 | 23.24 | 4.97 | 0.84 | – | – | – | – | – |
Note. CRPBI = Child’s Report of Parental Behavior Inventory. FES = Family Environment Scale. MACVS = Mexican-American Cultural Values Scale. PBP = Peer Behavior Profile. PNH = Peer Network Health. SRPF = School Risk & Protective Factors. SDQ = Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire. M = Mean score used. T = Total score used.
a
Internal consistency was based on Cronbach’s alpha.
b
PNH Protect Scale internal consistency based on the three items using a Likert scale.