Lin Hua, Cox Ronald B, Sahbaz Sumeyra, Isaac J Washburn, Larzelere Robert E, Greder Kimberly A
Department of Human Development & Family Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
Department of Human Development & Family Studies and Human Sciences Extension and Outreach, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Fam Relat. 2023 Jul;72(3):697-718. doi: 10.1111/fare.12651. Epub 2022 Jan 24.
To examine the psychometric properties of Snyder's Children's Hope Scale (CHS) with first- and second-generation Latino immigrant youth, using item response theory, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and measurement invariance tests.
Stress experienced by youth in 2020 has heightened interest in resilience factors such as hope. The CHS is widely used to measure hope but has not been validated for longitudinal assessments with immigrant populations.
Participants were 233 low socioeconomic status first- and second-generation Latino immigrant youth (50.43% female, 62% U.S.-born, and 81% of Mexican heritage). Data were collected at two timepoints spanning 4 weeks.
Rather than the original six-item two-dimensional scale, our results supported a four-item one-dimensional scale, with excellent model fit, strong invariance across time, by gender and generation status, good reliability (α = .81), and the expected negative association with stress.
The four-item Hope scale is suitable for longitudinal assessments with first- and second-generation Latino immigrant populations and can be used for examining differences by gender and generation status in research and practice to assess youth resilience.
This study underscores the need for practitioners and researchers to rigorously investigate the psychometric properties of a measure before its use with diverse populations.
运用项目反应理论、探索性和验证性因素分析以及测量不变性检验，考察斯奈德儿童希望量表（CHS）在第一代和第二代拉丁裔移民青年中的心理测量特性。
2020年青少年所经历的压力引发了人们对希望等复原力因素的更高关注。CHS被广泛用于测量希望，但尚未针对移民群体的纵向评估进行验证。
参与者为233名社会经济地位较低的第一代和第二代拉丁裔移民青年（50.43%为女性，62%在美国出生，81%有墨西哥血统）。在跨越4周的两个时间点收集数据。
我们的研究结果支持一个四项单维量表，而非最初的六项二维量表，该量表具有出色的模型拟合度、在时间、性别和代际状态上具有很强的不变性、良好的信度（α = 0.81），以及与压力的预期负相关。
四项希望量表适用于第一代和第二代拉丁裔移民群体的纵向评估，可用于在研究和实践中考察性别和代际状态差异，以评估青少年的复原力。
本研究强调从业者和研究人员在将一种测量工具用于不同人群之前，有必要严格考察其心理测量特性。
