Knight George P, Gonzales Nancy A, Saenz Delia S, Bonds Darya D, Germán Miguelina, Deardorff Julianna, Roosa Mark W, Updegraff Kimberly A
Arizona State University.
J Early Adolesc. 2010 Jun;30(3):444-481. doi: 10.1177/0272431609338178.
This research evaluates the properties of a measure of culturally linked values of Mexican Americans in early adolescence and adulthood. The items measure were derived from qualitative data provided by focus groups in which Mexican Americans' (adolescents, mothers and fathers) perceptions of key values were discussed. The focus groups and a preliminary item refinement resulted in the fifty-item Mexican American Cultural Values Scales (identical for adolescents and adults) that includes nine value subscales. Analyses of data from two large previously published studies sampling Mexican American adolescents, mothers, and fathers provided evidence of the expected two correlated higher order factor structures, reliability, and construct validity of the subscales of the Mexican American Cultural Values Scales as indicators of values that are frequently associated with Mexican/Mexican American culture. The utility of this measure for use in longitudinal research, and in resolving some important theoretical questions regarding dual cultural adaptation, are discussed.
本研究评估了一项针对墨西哥裔美国青少年和成年人文化关联价值观的测量工具的属性。测量项目源自焦点小组提供的定性数据，在这些焦点小组中讨论了墨西哥裔美国人（青少年、母亲和父亲）对关键价值观的看法。焦点小组讨论和初步的项目细化产生了包含50个项目的墨西哥裔美国文化价值观量表（青少年和成年人版本相同），该量表包括9个价值子量表。对之前发表的两项大型研究的数据进行分析，这两项研究对墨西哥裔美国青少年、母亲和父亲进行了抽样，结果为墨西哥裔美国文化价值观量表各子量表预期的两个相关高阶因子结构、信度和结构效度提供了证据，这些子量表可作为经常与墨西哥/墨西哥裔美国文化相关联的价值观的指标。本文还讨论了该测量工具在纵向研究中的效用，以及在解决一些有关双重文化适应的重要理论问题方面的作用。
