Confirmatory factor analysis of the familism scale in a sample of dementia caregivers.
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.
Losada
Andrés
A
Facultad de Ciencias de Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. andres.losada@urjc.es
Knight
Bob G
BG
Márquez-González
María
M
Montorio
Ignacio
I
Etxeberría
Igone
I
Peñacoba
Cecilia
C
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