title: Construction of the perceived parental acculturation behaviors scale.
abstract: This article reports preliminary development of the Perceived Parental Acculturation Behaviors Scale (PPABS) based on a sample of 44 college students whose parents immigrated to America from Arab countries. The PPABS proposes two independent scales, whose contents characterize the respondents' perceptions of how much their parents evidence (a) openness to the American culture and (b) preservation of Arab culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
authors.forename: Hani M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Mia W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Biran
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Stiles
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States