Factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory.
Using a national data set, this study examined the factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI) across Latino and Asian Americans, gender, and nativity (U.S.- vs. foreign-born). Results showed that a 4-factor model of acculturative stress provided good fit to the data. Tests of factorial invariance provided evidence of measurement equivalence across all of the groupings tested. These findings suggest that the MASI operationalizes acculturative stress in an equivalent manner across Latino and Asian American students, gender, and nativity.
Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
Linda G
0000-0001-7634-7973
LG
Castillo
Department of Epidemiology, Florida International University.
Miguel A
MA
Cano
Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University.
Myeongsun
M
Yoon
Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Texas A&M University.
Eunju
E
Jung
Department of Psychology, St. John's University.
Elissa J
EJ
Brown
Department of Psychology, Smith College.
Byron L
BL
Zamboanga
Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
Su Yeong
SY
Kim
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami.
Seth J
SJ
Schwartz
Department of Psychology, California State University-Northridge.
Que-Lam
QL
Huynh
Department of Liberal Studies, California State University-Monterey Bay.
Robert S
RS
Weisskirch
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Susan Krauss
SK
Whitbourne
D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult