Psychometric evaluation of the perceived context of reception scale among Hispanic and Somali adolescents | Zendy

Forster Myriam | Zendy; Grigsby Timothy J. | Zendy; Areba Eunice | Zendy; Unger Jennifer B. | Zendy; Rogers Chris J. | Zendy; Schwartz Seth J. | Zendy

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Psychometric evaluation of the perceived context of reception scale among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Author(s) -

Forster Myriam,

Grigsby Timothy J.,

Areba Eunice,

Unger Jennifer B.,

Rogers Chris J.,

Schwartz Seth J.

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of clinical psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124

H-Index - 119

eISSN - 1097-4679

pISSN - 0021-9762

DOI - 10.1002/jclp.23078

Subject(s) - somali , psychology , context (archaeology) , hostility , anxiety , clinical psychology , ethnic group , confirmatory factor analysis , openness to experience , scale (ratio) , developmental psychology , social psychology , structural equation modeling , psychiatry , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology , biology

Objectives This study validates the psychometric properties and correlates of the perceived context of reception (PCOR) scale, a measure of immigrant youth's perceptions of the openness or hostility of their receiving communities, among Hispanic and Somali adolescents. Methods Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was conducted to assess the properties of PCOR among a sample of first‐ and second‐generation Hispanic and Somali youth ( N = 311) recruited in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota. Results CFA results provided evidence that the negative dimension of PCOR was structurally equivalent across ethnicity and generation and has acceptable internal consistency reliability. Negative perception of the receiving community's attitude toward newcomers was positively correlated with perceived discrimination, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. Conclusion Results suggest that negative PCOR is cross‐ethnically valid and that perceptions of the receiving community should be considered an important component of immigrant adaptation.

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