Grace Abbott School of Social Work, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Psychol Assess. 2016 Apr;28(4):443-7. doi: 10.1037/pas0000198. Epub 2015 Aug 17.
Chinese students are the biggest ethnic group of international students in the United States. This study aims to develop a reliable and valid scale to accurately measure their acculturative stress. A 72-item pool was sent online to Chinese students and a five-factor scale of 32 items was generated by exploratory factor analysis. The five factors included language insufficiency, social isolation, perceived discrimination, academic pressure, and guilt toward family. The Acculturative Stress Scale for Chinese Students demonstrated high reliability and initial validity by predicting depression and life satisfaction. It was the first Chinese scale of acculturative stress developed and validated among a Chinese student sample in the United States. In the future, the scale can be used as a diagnostic tool by mental health professionals and a self-assessment tool by Chinese students.
中国学生是美国最大的国际学生群体。本研究旨在开发一种可靠且有效的量表，以准确测量他们的文化适应压力。一份包含 72 个项目的问卷在线发给中国学生，通过探索性因素分析得出包含 32 个项目的五因素量表。这五个因素包括语言不足、社会孤立、感知歧视、学术压力和对家庭的内疚感。文化适应压力量表对中国学生具有较高的信度和初步效度，可预测抑郁和生活满意度。它是第一个在美国中国学生样本中开发和验证的中国文化适应压力量表。未来，该量表可以作为心理健康专业人员的诊断工具和中国学生的自我评估工具。
