Asian American multidimensional acculturation scale: development, factor analysis, reliability, and validity.
This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Asian American Multidimensional Acculturation Scale (AAMAS). The results of 3 separate studies provide strong evidence of the instrument's reliability and validity. The principles for the development of the AAMAS were orthogonality of cultural dimensions, inclusion of a pan-ethnic Asian American dimension, and ease of use across ethnic groups. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicate that within each cultural dimension (AAMAS-Culture of Origin, AAMAS-Asian American, and AAMAS-European American) there are 4 reliable acculturation domains of cultural identity, language, cultural knowledge, and food consumption. These features of the AAMAS allow for a more complex assessment of acculturation level of Asian Americans and its relationship to psychological functioning.
Division of Counseling Psychology, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US. rchung@usc.edu
Ruth H Gim
RH
Chung
Bryan S K
BS
Kim
Jose M
JM
Abreu
D000069:Acculturation; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012933:Social Identification; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States