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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of "Machismo" among Anglo, African American, and Mexican American Male Drinkers

University of Texas at Austin

This article presents the results of a confirmatory factor analysis expanding and enhancing a previously developed measure of "machismo" both to explore the dimensionality of the measure and to test the invariance of factor structure in a sample of Anglo, African American, and Mexican American adult male drinkers. Specifically, this article (a) describes the development of a multidimensional 13-item machismo measure, (b) tests the goodness of fit of a series of confirmatory factor models examining single versus multiple factor solutions (e.g., Does a unitary machismo factor fit, or must positive and negative dimensions be modeled?), and (c) tests the invariance of the resulting model across racial-ethnic groups. Results support the use of the measures for cross-ethnic studies and emphasize the importance of a multidimensional measure including both positive and negative dimensions.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 2, 171-188 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986301232004


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