1. Cross-ethnic equivalence of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-21 in European American, African American, and Latino college students.
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Cepeda-Benito A and Gleaves DH
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- Adult, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Reproducibility of Results, Southwestern United States, Stress, Psychological ethnology, Students statistics & numerical data, Universities statistics & numerical data, Black or African American psychology, Hispanic or Latino psychology, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales standards, Stress, Psychological diagnosis, White People psychology
- Abstract
To determine if the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-21 demonstrates equivalent validity across different ethnic groups, the authors tested the factor structure of the instrument with a sample of European American (n = 514), African American (n = 154), and Latino (n = 229) college students using confirmatory factor analysis with tests of invariance across groups. For the most part, a 3-factor model with Performance, General, and Somatic factors fit equally well for all 3 racial/ethnic groups. Differences involved only a few items in terms of either the strength of a factor loading or an error term. The results generally support the validity of the use of the instrument for measurement of distress in these different racial/ethnic groups.
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- 2000
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