This article reports the development of a short (12-item) acculturation scale for Hispanics. Separate factor analyses of the responses of 363 Hispanics and 228 non-Hispanic whites produced three factors: "Language Use," "Media," and "Ethnic Social Relations." The 12-item scale (explaining 67.6% of the variance for Hispanics) correlated highly with the following validation criteria: respondents' generation,…
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Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Early Childhood Education and Development.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Early Childhood Education and Development Migration, Health and Trauma Parental Involvement in Education |
| ISSN | 0739-9863 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.88 |
| h-index | 107 |
| i10-index | 823 |
| Total citations | 54,832 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Journal website | hjb.sagepub.com |
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The Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA) was revised for the purpose of developing an instrument that assessed acculturation processes through an orthogonal, multidimensional approach by measuring cultural orientation toward the Mexican culture and the Anglo culture independently. Two subscales, Anglo Orientation Subcale (AOS) and Mexican Orientation Subscale (MOS), were developed from items from…
This investigation studied the effects of acculturation on attitudinal familism in 452 Hispanics compared to 227 white nonHispanics. Despite differences in the national origin of Hispanics, Mexican-, Central -and Cuban-Americans reported similar attitudes toward the family indicating that familism is a core characteristic in the Hispanic culture. Three basic dimensions of familism were found: Familial…
This article reports the development ofa bidimensional acculturation scaleforHispanics (BAS). The scale provides an acculturation score for two major cultural dimensions (Hispanic and non-Hispanic domains) by including 12 items (per cultural domain) that measure three language-related areas. A random sample of 254 adult Hispanics was surveyed to develop and validate the scale. The scores obtained…