The process of resettlement in a new country and culture is commonly one of intense stress. Somali immigrants and refugees living in North America represent a large ethnocultural group navigating the complexities of forced displacement and resettlement. Despite the immense resilience exhibited by Somali communities in resettlement, the behavioral health needs of these communities require effective and culturally appropriate psychological assessment tools that can be used across service and research sectors. Given this need, we sought to examine the psychometric properties and concurrent validity of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ), a transdiagnostic measure of cognitive fusion, in a sample of 233 (M age = 25.35; female = 45%) Somali young adults living in North America. Results using confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the one-factor structure of the CFQ previously found in other diverse populations held in the present sample. The structure and related item loadings were invariant across three key variables: gender, age, and location of resettlement in North America. Importantly, cognitive fusion was meaningfully associated with aspects of clinical and psychosocial functioning thought to be highly relevant to this population, including posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms, thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, and experiences of discrimination. Building upon the growing body of evidence supporting the CFQ's strong psychometric properties across cultural groups, researchers, and clinicians should have an added degree of confidence and enthusiasm in utilizing this measure to support immigrant and refugee communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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认知融合问卷 (CFQ) 在居住在北美的索马里移民样本中的因子结构和同时效度。

在一个新的国家和文化中重新安置的过程通常是一种强烈的压力。生活在北美的索马里移民和难民代表了一个庞大的民族文化群体，他们在被迫流离失所和重新安置的复杂性中游刃有余。尽管索马里社区在重新安置方面表现出巨大的复原力，但这些社区的行为健康需求需要有效且文化上适当的心理评估工具，这些工具可用于服务和研究部门。考虑到这一需求，我们试图在 233 名（M 年龄 = 25.35；女性 = 45%）索马里年轻成年人的样本中检查认知融合问卷 (CFQ) 的心理测量特性和同时效度，这是一种认知融合的跨诊断测量在北美。使用验证性因子分析的结果表明，先前在本样本中保留的其他不同人群中发现的 CFQ 的单因子结构。结构和相关项目负荷在三个关键变量中保持不变：北美的性别、年龄和重新安置地点。重要的是，认知融合与被认为与该人群高度相关的临床和社会心理功能方面存在有意义的关联，包括创伤后压力、焦虑和抑郁症状、归属感受挫和感知到的负担，以及歧视经历。基于越来越多的证据支持 CFQ 跨文化群体的强大心理测量特性，研究人员，临床医生在利用这项措施来支持移民和难民社区时应该有更大的信心和热情。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。