title: Confirmatory factor analysis of the familism scale in a sample of dementia caregivers.
abstract: Familism is considered to be a cultural value shared by different Hispanic groups. The familism scale (FS) was developed by Sabogal, Marín, Otero-Sabogal, Marín, and Perez-Stable (1987, Hispanic familism and acculturation: What changes and what doesn't? Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, vol. 9, pp. 397-412) as a self-report measure of this construct, and three dimensions were obtained through exploratory factor analysis: familial obligations, perceived support from the family, and family as referents.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to assess the underlying factor structure of the FS using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in a sample of 135 Spanish caregivers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The original model did not fit the data well, and five items with factor loadings below 0.40 were trimmed. The fit indexes for the remaining items suggest a good fit of this model and an acceptable internal consistency index.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that the modified factor model for the FS has acceptable psychometric properties in a sample of dementia caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. andres.losada@urjc.es
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Losada
authors.forename: Bob G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Márquez-González
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Montorio
authors.forename: Igone
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Etxeberría
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peñacoba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain