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Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans
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The Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA) assesses role identity or the extent to which the respondent identifies as an “outsider” or “insider” in relation to mainstream American culture (Mainous,1989). The Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans consists of eight items measuring three dimensions of acculturation: (1) Language (three items: 1–3), (2) Self-definition as an Insider (three items: 4–7), and (3) Self-definition as an Outsider (two items: 8 and 9). The items assess language use, based on the interviewer’s observations of language use during the interview, the language spoken within the family, and the language spoken with friends.
The response options for the language use items are: English only (1), mostly English (2), both languages about equal (3), mostly Spanish (4), and Spanish only (5). Response options for self-definition as an insider include American of Mexican descent (1), Mexican American (2), US citizen (3), and US native (4). Self-definition as an outsider is defined as Foreigner (1) or Immigrant (2). The scale is administered by interview, conducted in English or Spanish. The author does not explain how to score the scale or whether individual items or dimension scores should be used. An index was used based on the factor scores: Language use, self-definition as an insider and self-definition as an outsider.
Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans
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Mainous‚ 1989
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Self-concept as an indicator of acculturation in Mexican Americans.
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