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Table 4 Standardised factorial saturations and reliability estimates (Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficient) of the EBEA in both samples

From: Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (EBEA)

Brief Acculturation Stress Scale (EBEA)

E1 COL

E2 COL

E2 PER

PSP

PSE

ASR

PSP

PSE

ASR

PSP

PSE

ASR

Preparation and departure from country of origin (PSP)

 1. Prepare to leave your country.

.81*

  

.84*

  

85*

  

 2. Get the money to leave.

.76*

  

.77*

  

77*

  

 3. Leave your country.

.85*

  

.90*

  

90*

  

 4. Moving from your country to Chile.

.81*

  

.84*

  

84*

  

 5. Having to be separated from your family.

.76*

  

.79*

  

79*

  

 6. Stop seeing friends.

.72*

  

.67*

  

67*

  

Socioeconomic concerns (PES)

 1. Cover your basic needs.

 

.88*

  

.85*

  

85*

 

 2. Find a place to live.

 

.89*

  

.86*

  

86*

 

 3. Find a job.

 

.87*

  

.90*

  

90*

 

 4. Stabilise economically.

 

.86*

  

.86*

  

87*

 

Adaptation to the recipient society (ASR)

 1. Adapt to Chilean’s way of speaking.

  

.84*

  

.75*

  

76*

 2. Initiate contact with the neighbours.

  

.92*

  

.89*

  

89*

 3. Make friends.

  

.95*

  

.90*

  

90*

 4. Establish relationships with the people you work with.

  

.89*

  

.87*

  

87*

Covariate factors

 Socioeconomic concerns (PES)

.66*

  

.42*

  

.74*

  

 Adaptation to the recipient society (ASR)

.43*

.54*

 

.28*

.42*

 

.48*

.53*

 

Reliability estimates

 Alpha (α)

.87

.90

.92

.86

.86

.83

.88

.89

.86

 Omega (ω)

.87

.90

.92

.86

.86

.83

.88

.89

.86

  1. E1 study 1, E2 study 2, COL Colombian sample, PER Peruvian sample, EBEA Acculturation Stress Brief Scale, PSP preparation and departure from the country of origin, PSE socioeconomic concerns, ASR adaptation to the receiving society
  2. *p < .001