The Asian values scale: Development, factor analysis, validation, and reliability

Multicultural researchers and theorists have noted that client adherence to culture-of-origin values plays an important role in the provision of cultu rally relevant and sensitive psychological services. However, lack of instr uments that measure ethnic cultural values has been a shortcoming in past r esearch that attempted to examine this relationship. In this article, the d evelopment of the Asian Values Scale (AVS) is described, and the results of 4 studies investigating the psychometric properties of the AVS are reporte d. The results indicate that the AVS has adequate internal and 2-week test- retest reliability. Also, factor analysis and comparisons of AVS scores to scores on the Individualism-Collectivism Scale (H. Triandis, 1995) and the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale (R. M. Suinn, K. Rickard- Figueroa, S. Lew & P. Vigil, 1987) provided evidence of convergent and dive rgent validity for the AVS.