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Measuring Cultural Socialization Attitudes and Behaviors of Mexican‐Origin Mothers with Young Children: A Longitudinal Investigation
Author(s) -
Derlan Chelsea L.,
UmañaTaylor Adriana J.,
Toomey Russell B.,
Jahromi Laudan B.,
Updegraff Kimberly A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/fare.12196
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , developmental psychology , equivalence (formal languages) , mexican americans , longitudinal study , ethnic group , medicine , sociology , pathology , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy
We describe the development and psychometric testing of the Cultural Socialization Behaviors Measure ( CSBM ) and the Cultural Socialization Attitudes Measure ( CSAM ). The CSBM assesses cultural socialization behaviors that parents use with young children, and the CSAM assesses the attitudes that parents have regarding the importance of socializing their young children about their culture. Both measures demonstrated strong reliability, validity, and cross‐language equivalence (i.e., Spanish and English) among a sample of 204 Mexican‐origin young mothers ( M age = 20.94 years, SD = 1.01) with 4‐year‐old children. In addition, the measures demonstrated longitudinal equivalence when children were 4 and 5 years of age.