Open AccessDevelopment and validation of the Acculturative Stress Scale for Chinese College Students in the United States (ASSCS).
Author(s) -
Jieru Bai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psychological assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.96
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1939-134X
pISSN - 1040-3590
DOI - 10.1037/pas0000198
Subject(s) - psychology , acculturation , scale (ratio) , exploratory factor analysis , ethnic group , clinical psychology , mental health , reliability (semiconductor) , test validity , stress (linguistics) , sample (material) , perceived stress scale , chinese americans , psychometrics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , power (physics) , linguistics , physics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology
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.
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