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This website is designed to help people who want to measure (and then
theorize about) acculturation, loosely defined as the adapting or learning
of a second culture. To a lesser degree, this website will help researchers
who are interested in the conceptual cousins of acculturation, such as
enculturation, ethnicity, and culture. These ambitious goals are
imperfectly met by giving you (the browser) "direct" access to a variety
of acculturation questionnaires (scales or measures). Instead of
searching through libraries, and instead of writing away for scales; we
offer you a "direct" and "immediate" opportunity to view our measures.
Enjoy.
In the future, we may to add the above offerings. Specifically, we
hope to add a brief theoretical introduction to acculturation measurement,
instructions on how to adapt acculturation measures, and critical commentary
on past and current measures of acculturation. If you are interested
in contributing to this acculturation depot (either your scale or your
commentary), please contact Peter Flannery (see contributor page for email
address).
Abridged Versions of Acculturation
Scales
The questionnaires provided in this depot represent some of the newest
(and most exhaustive) measures of "psychological acculturation. You are
invited to use or adapt these measures, provided that you: (a) contact the
questionnaires' author about your plans to use the scale (see contributors
pages for email addresses) (b) cite the scales properly in your research,
and (c) recognize that the rights to the scales have been reserved.
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The Benet-Martinez
Acculturation Scale (BMAS) is designed to measure acculturation in
the bidimensional fashion, tapping the domains of language/media
exposure, cultural identity, and types of biculturalism (integrated vs.
blended). This
link shows the Cuban version, but the scale can be easily adapted to
other cultures. Contact Veronica Benet-Martinez for more information
about the BMAS (see contributors page for email address).
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Flannery
Listing Index of Preferences (FLIP) is designed to measure culture
and gender preferences in a subtle, indirect fashion. FLIP is a highly
flexible tool that can be adapted to almost any culture and almost any
psychological domain. Cite as: Flannery, W. P.
(1998, August). Preferences: the heart of acculturation. Poster session
presented at the XIV meeting of International Association for
Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bellingham, WA.
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General Ethnicity
Questionnaire-abridged (GEQ-a) is designed to measure acculturation
of Chinese Americans and European Americans. To get the full version
of the GEQ, or to get versions that apply to Mexican Americans or African
Americans, contact Jeanne Tsai (see contributors page for email address).
Cite as: Tsai, J.L.: Ying, Y.W., and Lee, P.A. (1998). The meaning
of 'Being Chinese' and 'Being American': Differences Among Chinese
American Young Adults (Manuscript under review).
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Cultural
Beliefs and Behaviors Adaption Profile (CBBAP) is designed to access
an individual's cultural beliefs and behaviors based on the theoretical
concepts of independence - interdependence, beliefs as distinct from behaviors,
and variation of beliefs and behaviors across the domains of family, social,
work and daily activities. To get the full version of the CBBAP,
contact Julia Shiang (see contributors page for email address). Cite
as: Shiang, J. (August, 1998). Measurement of culture change:
psychometric Properties of the Cultural Beliefs, Behaviors and
Adaptation Profile (CBBAP). Paper presented at the XIV meeting of
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bellingham,
WA.
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times since July 29th, 1998.
Last Updated: July 31st, 1998