Center for Children and Families, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Dec;55(6):1664-1676. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01525-w. Epub 2023 Mar 24.
The unique needs of first-generation immigrants and their families have not been prioritized in mental healthcare. Cultural tailoring of child services requires valid, reliable, and efficient assessments of family cultural identity. The Abbreviated Multidimension Acculturation Scale (AMAS) is a self-report of acculturation and enculturation that has been evaluated in community, but not clinical, samples. We offer the first AMAS psychometric evaluation in a treatment-seeking sample of first-generation immigrant caregivers presenting for children's mental healthcare (N = 219). Analyses examined the internal consistency, concurrent validity, and factor structures of the long-form AMAS (42 items, six subscales), AMAS-10 (10 items, four subscales), and AMAS-14 (14 items, six subscales). Findings provide support for the AMAS-10 and AMAS-14, but not the full-length AMAS, in the present sample. Given urgent needs for culturally responsive care for first-generation populations, the AMAS-10 and AMAS-14 can be used in clinical settings to support cultural assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning.
第一代移民及其家庭的特殊需求在精神保健中并未得到优先考虑。儿童服务的文化调整需要对家庭文化认同进行有效、可靠和高效的评估。简化多维文化适应量表（AMAS）是一种文化适应和涵化的自我报告，已在社区样本中进行了评估，但尚未在临床样本中进行评估。我们在寻求儿童心理健康服务的第一代移民照顾者的治疗样本中提供了 AMAS 的第一个心理测量评估（N=219）。分析检验了长型 AMAS（42 项，6 个分量表）、AMAS-10（10 项，4 个分量表）和 AMAS-14（14 项，6 个分量表）的内部一致性、同时效度和因子结构。研究结果支持在本样本中使用 AMAS-10 和 AMAS-14，但不支持全长 AMAS。鉴于第一代人群对文化响应护理的迫切需求，AMAS-10 和 AMAS-14 可用于临床环境，以支持文化评估、案例概念化和治疗计划。
