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      PSYCHOLOGICAL ACCULTURATION: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MEASURE FOR PUERTO RICANS ON THE U.S. MAINLAND.

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          Most instruments designed to measure acculturation have relied on specific cultural behaviors and preferences as primary indicators of acculturation. In contrast, feelings of belonging and emotional attachment to cultural communities have not been widely used. The Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS) was developed to assess acculturation from a phenomenological perspective, with items pertaining to the individual's sense of psychological attachment to and belonging within the Anglo-American and Latino/Hispanic cultures. Responses from samples of bilingual individuals and Puerto Rican adolescents and adults are used to establish a high degree of measurement equivalence across the Spanish and English versions of the scale along with high levels of internal consistency and construct validity. The usefulness of the PAS and the importance of studying acculturation from a phenomenological perspective are discussed.

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          Journal
          Educ Psychol Meas
          Educational and psychological measurement
          SAGE Publications
          0013-1644
          0013-1644
          Apr 01 1999
          : 59
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] University of California, Santa Cruz.
          Article
          NIHMS273202
          10.1177/00131649921969794
          3057082
          21415932
          05ebc3a8-b85c-44e2-8e33-03c4fddc0d61
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