title: Development of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory for adults of Mexican origin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills, Claremont, California 91711, USA. norma_rodriguez@pitzer.edu
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Hector F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Consuelo Bingham
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia-Hernandez
mesh_terms: 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