Psychometric evaluation of the perceived context of reception scale among Hispanic and Somali adolescents.

Objectives: This study validates the psychometric properties and correlates of the perceived context of reception (PCOR) scale, a measure of immigrant youth's perceptions of the openness or hostility of their receiving communities, among Hispanic and Somali adolescents.

Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was conducted to assess the properties of PCOR among a sample of first- and second-generation Hispanic and Somali youth (N = 311) recruited in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota.

Results: CFA results provided evidence that the negative dimension of PCOR was structurally equivalent across ethnicity and generation and has acceptable internal consistency reliability.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Ethnicity, and Substance Use among College Students: Findings from a Two-State Sample.

Despite college students reporting high rates of substance use and adverse childhood experiences (ACE), few studies have examined ACE-related substance use patterns with diverse student samples. We estimated the prevalence of ACE and substance use and investigated ethnic differences in the relationship between ACE and substance use among college students from two states. Data are responses ( = 7,148) on the National College Health Assessment (in California) and the College Student Health Survey (in Minnesota).