Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1989 Sep;24(5):233-40.
doi: 10.1007/BF01788964.

The structure and validity of acculturation. Analysis of an acculturation scale

V Mavreas, P Bebbington, G Der

The structure and validity of acculturation. Analysis of an acculturation scale

V Mavreas et al. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

This paper presents data from a study of acculturation in 291 Greek Cypriot immigrants from the general population of Camberwell, south London. Factor analysis was carried out, and factors were extracted using the maximum likelihood method and subjected to oblique rotation. The best solution was based on two highly correlated factors (0.64), which together explained 28% of the variance. The first factor appeared to represent Cultural Identification, the second, Language Mastery/Ethnocentricism. The construct validity of the factors was substantiated by analyses relating them to a range of other variables likely to be correlated with acculturation. Issues concerning the measurement of acculturation are discussed.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Br J Addict. 1987 Jul;82(7):789-99 - PubMed
    1. Soc Psychiatry. 1987;22(3):150-9 - PubMed
    1. J Health Soc Behav. 1987 Mar;28(1):89-102 - PubMed
    1. Compr Psychiatry. 1969 Jul;10(4):314-26 - PubMed