Yamada Ann-Marie, Marsella Anthony J., Yamada Stan Y.
Clinical Studies Program at the University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Asian Am Pac Isl J Health. 1998 Winter;6(1):35-45.
PURPOSE. The goal of this article is to present a measurement tool with potential utility for health care workers and mental health professionals who require a means of systematically assessing ethnocultural behaviors in the course of their professional clinical activities and decision making. METHODOLOGY. As part of a larger effort to develop a multidimensional, ethnocultural identification scale for clinical and research use, a cultural general 19 item selfreport behavior index entitled the Ethnocultural Identity Behavior Index (EIBI) was designed. The psychometrics of the EIBI were examined on a sample of 352 college students selfidentifying with an Asian American or Native Hawaiian ethnocultural group. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS. The data suggest that the EIBI has high internal consistency. Construct and concurrent convergent validity were also established for the EIBI through a comparison of the EIBI schores of immigrants and nonimmigrants, through correlations with selfreported strength of identification with one's chosen ethnocultural group (r=0.48), and through correlations with the selfreports of pride toward one's group (r=0.31). A factor analysis of the EIBI yielded three factors (i.e. Cultural Activities, Social Interactions, Language Opportunities) that accounted for 60% of the total variance. CONCLUSIONS. The EIBI appears to be a valid and reliable index of one's involvement with an ethnocultural group, making it useful as a quick index of ethnocultural identity. RELEVANCE TO ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATIONS. This article is particularly relevant to persons identifying with Asian American and Native Hawaiian ethnocultural groups. KEY WORDS. Ethnocultural identity, measurement, Asian American and Native Hawaiian adults
目的。本文的目的是为医护人员和心理健康专业人员提供一种测量工具，这些人员在其专业临床活动和决策过程中需要一种系统评估种族文化行为的方法。方法。作为开发用于临床和研究的多维种族文化认同量表的一项更大努力的一部分，设计了一个名为种族文化认同行为指数（EIBI）的包含19个条目的文化通用自评行为指数。在352名自我认同为亚裔美国人或夏威夷原住民种族文化群体的大学生样本上检验了EIBI的心理测量学特性。主要发现。数据表明EIBI具有高内部一致性。通过比较移民和非移民的EIBI得分、与自我报告的对所选种族文化群体的认同强度的相关性（r = 0.48）以及与对自己群体的自豪感的自我报告的相关性（r = 0.31），也确立了EIBI的结构效度和同时效度。对EIBI的因子分析产生了三个因子（即文化活动、社会互动、语言机会），它们占总方差的60%。结论。EIBI似乎是一个人参与种族文化群体程度的有效且可靠的指标，使其成为种族文化认同的一个有用的快速指标。与亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民群体的相关性。本文与认同亚裔美国人和夏威夷原住民种族文化群体的人特别相关。关键词。种族文化认同、测量、亚裔美国人和夏威夷原住民成年人
