ABSTRACT
Little is known about parent and peer relationships in immigrant adolescents due to a dearth of culturally sensitive measures. We adapted the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire (FPRQ) for Arab immigrant mothers and their adolescents. Mothers and adolescents completed parallel versions of the Arab FPRQ and measures of child behavior problems, child social relations, and maternal depression. Data analyses included confirmatory factor analysis and concurrent validity. The proposed four-factor structure was replicated in both the mother and child forms. Scores from the Arab FPRQ subscales and the other measures provided evidence of concurrent and discriminant validity, suggesting that the Arab FPRQ is a viable assessment tool.
Subject(s)
Arabs/ethnology , Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology , Mother-Child Relations/ethnology , Nursing Assessment/methods , Peer Group , Surveys and Questionnaires/standards , Adolescent , Adolescent Behavior/ethnology , Adult , Child Behavior Disorders/ethnology , Depressive Disorder/ethnology , Discriminant Analysis , Emigrants and Immigrants/education , Factor Analysis, Statistical , Female , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Islam/psychology , Male , Michigan , Middle East/ethnology , Nursing Assessment/standards , Nursing Evaluation Research , Psychology, Adolescent , Psychometrics , Regression Analysis , Social Behavior , Social Support , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
We estimated the psychometrics of the parent and a short form of the Arabic language version of the Profile of Mood States (POMS). A sample of 537 Arab immigrants completed the POMS and a battery of other measures. Data analyses included confirmatory factor analyses and tests of reliability and concurrent validity. The fit of the proposed factor structure was acceptable if 14 pairs of error terms were allowed to correlate, but a better fit was obtained by creating a short form. The short form demonstrated good reliability and concurrent validity, but some factors were highly correlated. High factor correlations were not explainable by group differences in education or level of distress.
