Factor structure and factorial invariance of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory. Academic Article uri icon

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.

published proceedings

  • Psychol Assess

author list (cited authors)

  • Castillo, L. G., Cano, M. A., Yoon, M., Jung, E., Brown, E. J., Zamboanga, B. L., ... Whitbourne, S. K.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Castillo, Linda G||Cano, Miguel A||Yoon, Myeongsun||Jung, Eunju||Brown, Elissa J||Zamboanga, Byron L||Kim, Su Yeong||Schwartz, Seth J||Huynh, Que-Lam||Weisskirch, Robert S||Whitbourne, Susan Krauss

publication date

  • September 2015