Development and initial validation of the Immigrant Optimism Questionnaire (IOQ) for immigrant-origin young adults.

IF 2 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI:10.1002/jcop.23153

Maria Alejandra Arce, Gabriel P Kuperminc

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Abstract

Immigrant optimism has been identified as a cultural protective factor that could be targeted in prevention efforts that support immigrant well-being. However, to date, immigrant optimism has not been consistently operationalized. We report on an iterative and collaborative approach to develop and validate a measure of immigrant optimism.

Methods: Content validity was established using feedback from immigrant-origin young adults and from experts in the field. Then, using survey data from 241 immigrant-origin young adults, we examined reliability, validity, and invariance of our measure among first- and second-generation immigrants.

Results: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a single immigrant optimism factor explains significant variation in each of our indicators. Our measure was further invariant across first- and second-generation immigrant youth and demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity.

Conclusions: Findings support the use of our measure with immigrant-origin young adults. We offer considerations for future research and highlight implications for prevention efforts.

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针对移民后裔青少年的移民乐观主义问卷（IOQ）的开发和初步验证。

移民乐观主义已被确定为一种文化保护因素，可作为支持移民福祉的预防工作的目标。然而，迄今为止，移民乐观主义尚未得到一致的操作化。我们报告了一种迭代和合作的方法，以开发和验证移民乐观主义的测量方法：方法：利用来自移民出身的年轻成年人和该领域专家的反馈意见，确定了内容的有效性。然后，我们利用 241 名移民出身的年轻人的调查数据，研究了我们的测量方法在第一代和第二代移民中的可靠性、有效性和不变性：确认因素分析表明，一个移民乐观主义因素可以解释我们每项指标的显著变化。我们的测量方法在第一代和第二代移民青年中进一步保持不变，并表现出收敛性和辨别有效性：结论：研究结果支持在移民青年中使用我们的测量方法。我们提出了未来研究的考虑因素，并强调了对预防工作的影响。

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Journal of community psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

8.70%

发文量

195

期刊介绍： The Journal of Community Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment and intervention, and review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings. Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects, studies of youth, parenting, and family development, methodology and design for work in the community, the interaction of groups in the larger community, and criminals and corrections.