A Multi-Study Analysis of Conceptual and Measurement Issues Related to Health Research on Acculturation in Latinos

作者：Andrews Arthur R III^*; Bridges Ana J; Gomez Debbie

来源：Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2013, 24(2): 134-143.

DOI：10.1177/1043659612472199

• acculturation
• transcultural health
• psychiatric/mental health
• correlational designs
• regression analysis
• Latinos

Purpose: The aims of the study were to evaluate the orthogonality of acculturation for Latinos. Design: Regression analyses were used to examine acculturation in two Latino samples (N = 77; N = 40). In a third study (N = 673), confirmatory factor analyses compared unidimensional and bidimensional models. Method: Acculturation was assessed with the ARSMA-II (Studies 1 and 2), and language proficiency items from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (Study 3). Results: In Studies 1 and 2, the bidimensional model accounted for slightly more variance (R-Study1(2) = .11; R-Study (2)(2) = .21) than the unidimensional model (R-Study1(2) =.10; R-Study2(2) =.19). In Study 3, the bidimensional model evidenced better fit (Akaike information criterion = 167.36) than the unidimensional model (Akaike information criterion = 1204.92). Discussion/Conclusions: Acculturation is multidimensional. Implications for Practice: Care providers should examine acculturation as a bidimensional construct.

• 出版日期2013-4