Reliability
and Validity of the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation
Scale with Japanese Temporary Residents
K. Kodama, S.S. Canetto |
The
reliability and validity of the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation
Scale (SL-ASIA) were examined with a sample of 62 Japanese temporary
residents. The internal consistency reliability was .72., lower than
in studies with Asian Americans. There was a significant correlation
between SL-ASIA scores and self-ratings of acculturation (r= .64,
p<.01). However, no significant correlation was found between
SL-ASIA scores and demographic data assumed to reflect levels of
acculturation (such as numbers of years of education in the U. S.).
A factor analysis yielded a factor structure that was interpretable
but somewhat different from the factor structure reported in studies
with Asian Americans.
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