Measuring familism in dementia family caregivers: the revised familism scale

Losada, Andrés; Márquez‐González, María; Vara‐García, Carlos; Barrera‐Caballero, Samara; Cabrera, Isabel; Gallego-Alberto, Laura; Olmos, Ricardo; Romero‐Moreno, Rosa

doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1562537

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“…Through a series of qualitative (i.e., trimming items based on content and redundancy) and empirical (i.e., EFA and CFAs) steps, our measure consists of six items that were highly (R 2 > 30%) associated with a unidimensional familism construct. While scholars have argued for a greater examination of the related but conceptually distinct specific components of familism (Losada et al, 2020;Stein et al, 2014), validity and reliability concerns assessing individual components of familism have been raised by the very authors who have constructed the most widely used scales of familism values in youth (e.g., Fuligni et al, 1999;Knight et al, 2010). Further, in the validation of the Attitudinal Familism Scale, four of the 18 items loaded onto two or more of the four familism dimensions (Lugo Steidel & Contreras, 2003), calling into question the empirical distinctness of these dimensions.…”

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“…For example, Campos et al (2018) recently tested the factor in the structure in Latinx adults supporting its three-factor structure, but Campos et al (2014) found support for one factor in a diverse college student sample. Similarly, research with Spanish caregivers also suggests an inconsistent factor structure depending on the items included (Losada et al, 2008(Losada et al, , 2020. Furthermore, measurement invariance across groups has not yet been established even when it has been used in multi-ethnic samples (Campos et al, 2019;Corona et al, 2017).…”

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Facilitating the study of familism across racial/ethnic groups: Creation of the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale.

Christophe¹,

Stein²

2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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As the research on familism values, or cultural values relating to support, interconnectedness, and obligations has blossomed, scholars are increasingly interested in the applicability and impact of familism values across diverse racial/ethnic youth. However, existing measures of familism tend to be long, posing potential practicality issues and have not been validated for use across youth from different racial/ethnic groups. Through a series of conceptual steps and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we developed the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale, a 6-item, shortened, unidimensional version of Lugo Steidel and Contreras's (2003) 18-item Attitudinal Familism Scale. This measure was created and validated in a sample of 671 Black, Latinx American, Asian American, and Multiracial youth (M age = 17.23, 73.6% female). Multigroup measurement invariance testing indicated that the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale was almost wholly noninvariant and may be used reliably across racial/ethnic groups. Finally, we established construct validity by demonstrating negative associations with depressive symptoms in all but Asian American youth and positive associations between familism and ethnic-racial identity (ERI) for all youth. In conducting these tests using regressions using observed mean scores and structural equation modeling (SEM) using latent variables, we demonstrated that using a mean score of this scale led to small and negligible amounts of attenuation in estimates and similar statistical conclusions compared to those derived from SEM. Our study adds to the field by introducing a practical, unidimensional measure of familism values that may be used across racial/ethnic groups.

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Facilitating the study of familism across racial/ethnic groups: Creation of the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale.

Christophe¹,

Stein²

2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Familism: family obligations. This was assessed through the family obligations subscale of the Revised Familism Scale (RFS) [ 21 ]. It consists of 5 items (e.g., “One should make great sacrifices in order to guarantee a good education for his/her children”) with a response range from 0 (“Totally disagree”) to 4 (“Totally agree”).…”

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Sociocultural Influences on the Feeling of Loneliness of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: The Role of Kinship

Huertas-Domingo

Márquez‐González

Cabrera

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The extent to which familism, dysfunctional thoughts, and coping variables contribute to explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers, controlling for kinship, is analyzed. Participants were 273 family caregivers of people with dementia. Sociodemographic variables, familism, dysfunctional thoughts, coping strategies for requesting and receiving help, perceived social support, and leisure activities were assessed. The fit of a theoretical model for explaining the effect of cultural and psychological variables on feelings of loneliness in each kinship group was tested. No significant differences in the distribution of loneliness by kinship were found. Higher levels of familism are associated with more dysfunctional thoughts, that are linked to more maladaptive strategies for coping with caring (e.g., less social support and fewer leisure activities). This in turn is associated with higher scores in the feeling of loneliness. The model bore particular relevance to the group of daughters, husbands, and sons, yet not in the case of wives. Sociocultural and coping factors associated with the caring process seem to play an important role in explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers. Sociocultural factors associated with the care process seem to play an important role in explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers.

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“…It may be that some families may interpret the caregiving task as obligatory, and this leads members to engage more frequently in criticisms aimed at the caregiver. These attitudes and behaviors could activate the caregiver's schemas relating to the obligatory nature of the caregiving task and the sense of responsibility regarding the situation, increasing the perceptions of caregiving as an obligation (and an extrinsic motive for caring associated with the cultural value labeled familism; Losada et al, 2019), rather than a shared family responsibility. Perceiving caregiving as an obligation has been found to be associated with higher distress and frequency of behavioral problems in the care recipient (Romero-Moreno, M árquez-Gonz ález, Losada, & López, 2011).…”

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Family Dynamics in Dementia Caregiving: Development and Validation of the Interpersonal Triggers of Guilt in Dementia Caregiving Questionnaire (ITGDCQ)

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The objective was to develop the Interpersonal Triggers of Guilt in Dementia Caregiving Questionnaire (ITGDCQ). An emotion frequently experienced by caregivers is guilt. However, the studies analyzing potential factors that generate guilt are scarce. Guilt may be generated through interpersonal interactions. A total of 201 dementia caregivers were evaluated for frequency of leisure, guilt, anxiety, depression, and a pool of items measuring the frequency, and guilt was derived from different behaviors performed by the care recipient (ITGDCQ‐CR) and other relatives (ITGDCQ‐OR). Exploratory factor analysis of the ITGDCQ‐CR showed a two‐factor solution, explaining 56.24% of the variance. The ITGDCQ‐OR subscale also showed two factors, explaining 63.24% of the variance. All the factors had acceptable to good reliability indexes. Positive associations were found between both subscales and depression, anxiety, guilt, and stress associated with CR’s behavioral problems. ITGDCQ‐CR was negatively correlated with frequency of leisure. The interpersonal dynamics assessed with the ITGDCQ generated other emotions such as anger or sadness. Through structural equation modeling, 28% of the variance of caregivers’ distress was explained by the assessed variables, including a significant contribution of the interpersonal dynamics assessed with the ITGDCQ. The results provide preliminary support for the use of the ITGDCQ as a valid and reliable measure of care recipients’ or other relatives’ factors that trigger or facilitate the experience of guilt in the caregivers. The association between these factors and caregiver distress suggests potential clinical implications for the findings.

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Measuring familism in dementia family caregivers: the revised familism scale

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Facilitating the study of familism across racial/ethnic groups: Creation of the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale.

Facilitating the study of familism across racial/ethnic groups: Creation of the Short Attitudinal Familism Scale.

Sociocultural Influences on the Feeling of Loneliness of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: The Role of Kinship

Family Dynamics in Dementia Caregiving: Development and Validation of the Interpersonal Triggers of Guilt in Dementia Caregiving Questionnaire (ITGDCQ)

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