Development of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory for adults of Mexican origin.
The Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI), a 36-item stress measure that was developed to assess acculturative stress among persons of Mexican origin living in the United States, was tested on a community sample of 174 adults (117 women, 57 men). Principal-components analyses yielded 4 stable and internally consistent factors: Spanish Competency Pressures (7 items), English Competency Pressures (7 items), Pressure to Acculturate (7 items), and Pressure Against Acculturation (4 items). These 4 factors accounted for 64.4% of the variance and correlated in the expected directions with criterion measures of acculturation and/or psychological adjustment. Further reliability and validity testing of the MASI is discussed as well as the utility of this measure in assessing acculturative stress among adults of Mexican origin.
Rodriguez
Norma
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Department of Psychology, Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills, Claremont, California 91711, USA. norma_rodriguez@pitzer.edu
Myers
Hector F
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Mira
Consuelo Bingham
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Flores
Thomas
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Garcia-Hernandez
Loretta
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D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology