The Mexican American Biculturalism Scale: Bicultural comfort, facility, and advantages for adolescents and adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 539-554

  Basilio, Camille D ^a   Knight, George P ^a   O'Donnell, Megan ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a   Gonzales, Nancy A ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Torres, Marisela ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biculturalism; Measurement; Mexican American; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICULTURALISM; COMFORT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN BICULTURALISM SCALE; MOTHER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901855082     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035951     Document Type: Article

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