C. Negy, ANGLO-AMERICANS AND HISPANIC-AMERICANS PERFORMANCE ON THE FAMILY ATTITUDE SCALE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING MEASUREMENTS OF ACCULTURATION, Psychological reports, 73(3), 1993, pp. 1211-1217
The present study examined whether the Family Attitude Scale, which me
asures family and socialization values, can be used to measure Hispani
c-Americans' acculturation. This goal was in response to the criticism
that many popular acculturation measures rely excessively on language
preference and generation status from which one's acculturation is in
ferred instead of being assessed more specifically. Analysis indicated
that 62 Anglo-Americans responded significantly differently than 61 H
ispanic-Americans on four of the eight Family Attitude subscales but t
hat the latter group's scores on the popularly used Acculturation Rati
ng Scale for Mexican-Americans did not significantly correlate with th
eir Family Attitude Scale scores. Implications for improving accultura
tion measures are discussed.