Illness Beliefs regarding the Causes of Diabetes among Latino College Students: An Exploratory Factor Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Santos, Silvia J.; Hurtado-Ortiz, Maria T.; Sneed, Carl D.
Titel	Illness Beliefs regarding the Causes of Diabetes among Latino College Students: An Exploratory Factor Analysis
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 31 (2009) 3, S.395-412 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986309339911
Schlagwörter	College Students; Diabetes; Factor Analysis; Correlation; Hispanic American Students; Beliefs; Etiology; At Risk Persons; Emotional Response; Folk Culture; Cultural Influences; Genetic Disorders; Heredity; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Immigrants; Acculturation; Predictor Variables; Health Behavior; Models; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Faktorenanalyse; Korrelation; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Belief; Glaube; Ätiologie; Risikogruppe; Emotionales Verhalten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Erblichkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Akkulturation; Prädiktor; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Analogiemodell; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study examined the validity of the Klonoff and Landrine Illness-Belief Scale when applied to Latino college students (n = 156; 34% male, 66% female) at high risk for future diabetes onset. Principal factor analysis yielded four significant factors--emotional, folk beliefs, punitive, gene/hereditary--which accounted for 64.5% of variance and provided a culturally relevant Latino perspective of the causes of diabetes. Additional analyses by age, gender, immigrant status, and psychological acculturation revealed significant differences by age on the emotional and folk illness factors and a negative correlation between assimilation and endorsement of the emotional factor. The implication of these four illness factors for predicting health-related behaviors and health outcomes among young Latinos was discussed as were recommendations for future research. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10