title: Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics.
abstract: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BASH), a four-item, language-based measure of acculturation. Participants in the study were 435 Hispanic Americans from a large metropolitan area with English or Spanish language preference. Internal consistency reliability was strong in both language-preference groups. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the structural validity of the measure. A unidimensional factor structure was found for both English and Spanish language-preference groups and items loaded equivalently across groups, demonstrating measurement invariance. The BASH had good convergent validity and incremental validity. Overall, this study provides further evidence that the BASH offers a brief, reliable, and valid measure of acculturation to be used among Hispanic Americans.
authors.affiliation: SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA ; UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA ; UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA ; San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Vanessa L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Malcarne
authors.affiliation: SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA ; UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Rina S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA ; UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA ; UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Georgia Robins
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sadler
keywords: Hispanic Americans; acculturation; measurement; multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis
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