Szapocznik, J., Scopetta, M. A., Kurtines, W., & Aranalde, M. A. (1978). Theory and measurement of acculturation. International Journal of Psychology, 12, 113-130.
Outlines a psychosocial model of acculturation to account for the occurrence of intergenerational/acculturational differences in immigrant families. Two acculturation scales were developed to measure self-reported behaviors and value dimensions and were administered to 265 Cuban Americans and 201 Caucasian Americans. The behavioral scale provided a highly reliable and valid measure of acculturation and was superior to the value scale in almost every respect. Behavioral and value acculturation were linear functions of the amount of time a person was exposed to the host culture. The rate at which the behavioral acculturation process took place was a function of the age and sex of the individual. Findings suggest that intergenerational/acculturational differences develop because younger members of the family acculturate more rapidly than older family members.
- Acculturating Rating Scale for Mexican Americans
- Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II
- Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-Short Form
- Acculturation Scale for Southeast Asians
- Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese Adolescents
- African American Acculturation Scale
- American-International Relations Scale
- Behavioral Acculturation Scale and Value Acculturation Scale
- Bicultural Acculturation Scale
- Bidimensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics
- Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics
- Chicano Adolescent Acculturation Scale
- Children's Acculturation Scalee
- Cuban Behavioral Identity Questionnaire
- Cultural Adjustment Difficulties Checklist
- Cultural Values Conflict Scale
- Cultural Life Style Inventory
- Ethnocultural Identity Behavioral Index
- Hispanic Stress Inventory
- Internal-External Ethnic Identity Measure
- LAECA Acculturation Scale
- Language Acculturation Scale for Mexican Americans
- Latino/Latina Adolescent Acculturation Scale
- Mexican-American Acculturation Scale
- Minority-Majority Relations Scale
- Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure
- Na Mea Hawai'i Scale (Hawaiian Ways)
- Padilla's Acculturation Scale
- Psychological Acculturation Scale
- Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics
- Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanic Youth
- Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale
