Anales de Psicologia
Volume 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 843-851

Construction of a scale to measure the rooting in Hispanic immigrants [Construcción de una escala para medir el arraigo en inmigrantes latinoamericanos] (Article)

Torrente G.* , Ruiz-Hernández J.A. , Ramírez M.C. , Rodríguez Á.
  • a Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
  • b Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
  • c Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
  • d Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain

Abstract

The aim of this work was to construct a concise, easily manageable tool to measure to what degree Hispanic immigrants in Spain were able to fit into the host society. In this study participated 692 Latino American immigrants (54.9% men and 45.1% woman) between 20 and 63 years old. A rooting scale made up of 16 items of good internal consistence (alpha=.90) was developed. Factorial analysis led to three factors: cultural roots, ecological roots and social-labour roots again with good internal consistency, between.73 and.89. Consistent with expected subjects with higher scores on the scale are males who reside legally in Spain, have been there for over seven years, have applied for Spanish nationality and are house owners. © 2011: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia.

Author Keywords

Hispanic Immigration Rooting

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80052782901&partnerID=40&md5=b28e061b76b511cf49d7559fe21c3baf
ISSN: 02129728
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English; Spanish