Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Department of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College.
Psychol Assess. 2014 Jun;26(2):493-512. doi: 10.1037/a0035757. Epub 2014 Feb 10.
The acculturative family distancing (AFD) rating questionnaire measures the distancing that occurs between immigrant parents and their children, which is caused by breakdowns in communication and cultural value differences. The items included in the AFD questionnaire are indicators for more proximal and problem-focused aspects of the acculturation gap. In this study, a psychometric analysis is performed on the data gathered with the AFD instrument. One hundred twenty-three Chinese American families (112 mothers, 85 fathers, and 120 children for a total of 317) completed the questionnaire. In addition, the specifications for an extended 2-tier item factor analysis model within a Bayesian multidimensional item response theory framework are provided to psychometrically analyze the AFD data. Results suggest that the original 2 dimensions of Communication Difficulties and Cultural Values Incongruency can be further refined into 4 clinically relevant dimensions (i.e., Verbal Communication Difficulties, Nonverbal Communication Difficulties, General Cultural Values Incongruency, and Family Values Incongruency). Moreover, reducing the number of items can improve AFD estimates and reduce assessment burden.
文化适应家庭距离（AFD）评定问卷测量移民父母与其子女之间因沟通中断和文化价值观差异而产生的距离。AFD 问卷中的项目是文化适应差距中更接近和以问题为中心的方面的指标。在这项研究中，对使用 AFD 工具收集的数据进行了心理计量学分析。123 个华裔美国家庭（112 名母亲、85 名父亲和 120 名儿童，共计 317 名）完成了问卷。此外，还提供了扩展的 2 级项目因子分析模型的规格，该模型基于贝叶斯多维项目反应理论框架，用于心理计量学分析 AFD 数据。结果表明，沟通困难和文化价值观不一致的原始 2 个维度可以进一步细化为 4 个临床相关维度（即言语沟通困难、非言语沟通困难、一般文化价值观不一致和家庭价值观不一致）。此外，减少项目数量可以提高 AFD 的估计值并减轻评估负担。
