Personalismo may have a broad influence on the well-being of U.S. Latinos by shaping social networks and, in turn, access to information and resources. However, research on personalismo is currently constrained by the lack of a psychometrically sound measure of this cultural construct. This research used a mixed-methods approach to develop a personalismo scale across three studies: a cognitive interviewing study with Mexican American adults (n = 33); a cognitive interviewing study with non-Latino White, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American adults (n = 61); and a psychometric telephone survey with Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American adults (n = 1,296). The final, 12-item scale had high internal consistency reliability and appears to be appropriate for use with Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American adults. Significant differences emerged across Latino subgroups, with higher personalismo observed among Cuban Americans and female respondents, providing empirical evidence of cultural heterogeneity among U.S. Latino populations.

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衡量墨西哥裔美国人，波多黎各人和古巴裔美国人中人格主义的难以捉摸的建构

通过建立社交网络，进而获得信息和资源，个人主义可能会对美国拉丁裔的福祉产生广泛影响。但是，由于缺乏对这种文化结构的心理上合理的衡量，目前对个人主义的研究受到了限制。这项研究使用混合方法在三项研究中建立了个人主义量表：一项针对墨西哥裔美国成年人的认知访谈研究（n = 33）；一项针对非拉美裔白人，墨西哥裔美国人，波多黎各人和古巴裔美国成年人的认知访谈研究（n = 61）；以及对墨西哥裔美国人，波多黎各人和古巴裔美国人（n = 1,296）进行的心理电话调查。最终的12项量表具有很高的内部一致性可靠性，似乎适合与墨西哥裔美国人，波多黎各人和古巴裔美国人一起使用。