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Factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory
Psychological Assessment (2015)
  • Linda G. Castillo, Texas A&M University
  • Miguel A. Cano, Florida International University
  • Myeongsun Yoon, Texas A&M University
  • Eunju Jung, Texas A&M University
  • Elissa J. Brown, St. John's University
  • Byron L. Zamboanga, Smith College
  • Su Yeong Kim, University of Texas at Austin
  • Seth J. Schwartz, University of Miami
  • Que Lam Huynh, California State University, Northridge
  • Robert S. Weisskirch, California State University, Monterey Bay
  • Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Abstract
Using a national data set, this study examined the factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI) across Latino and Asian Americans, gender, and nativity (U.S.- vs. foreign-born). Results showed that a 4-factor model of acculturative stress provided good fit to the data. Tests of factorial invariance provided evidence of measurement equivalence across all of the groupings tested. These findings suggest that the MASI operationalizes acculturative stress in an equivalent manner across Latino and Asian American students, gender, and nativity.
Keywords
  • acculturative stress,
  • Asian American,
  • gender,
  • measurement invariance,
  • Latino,
  • nativity
Disciplines
Publication Date
2015
DOI
10.1037/pas0000095
Citation Information
Linda G. Castillo, Miguel A. Cano, Myeongsun Yoon, Eunju Jung, et al.. "Factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory" Psychological Assessment Vol. 27 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 915 - 924
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rob-weisskirch/1/