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Culture and Family Process: Measures of Familism for Filipino and Korean American Parents
Author(s) -
Choi Yoonsun,
Kim Tae Yeun,
Noh Samuel,
Lee Jeanette,
Takeuchi David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/famp.12322
Subject(s) - psychology , equivalence (formal languages) , asian americans , social psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , ethnic group , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology
This study tests the psychometric properties of multiple survey items and scales that are either underused or newly developed to assess familism among Asian Americans. Using data collected from 150 Filipino and 188 Korean American parents (mostly mothers) in the Midwest region in 2013, the measures were examined for validity and reliability for each group and, when appropriate, for cross‐cultural equivalence across the groups. Several scales and their items showed high quality psychometric properties and are ready for use to more accurately assess family process of each target group and to conduct comparative analyses. The findings also show that, contrary to the expectation, Filipino American families express more traditional aspects of familism than do Korean American families, and are more likely to reinforce traditional familism beliefs and behaviors among their children. This study reinforces a need for more empirical‐ and subgroup‐specific research effort.