Some Evidence for Multidimensional Biculturalism: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Analysis on the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire-Short Version

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Xiaohui; Suarez-Morales, Lourdes; Schwartz, Seth J.; Szapocznik, Jose
Titel	Some Evidence for Multidimensional Biculturalism: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Analysis on the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire-Short Version
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 21 (2009) 1, S.22-31 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0014495
Schlagwörter	Cultural Activities; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Biculturalism; Factor Analysis; Spanish; Acculturation; Questionnaires; Prevention; Adolescents; Scores; English (Second Language); Language Usage; Hispanic Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Bikulturalität; Faktorenanalyse; Spanisch; Akkulturation; Fragebogen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachgebrauch; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	In the present study, the authors empirically investigated a multidimensional conceptualization of acculturation using the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire-Short Version (BIQ-S; J. Szapocznik, W. M. Kurtines, & T. Fernandez, 1980). Baseline data from four prevention trials, representing a total of 893 adolescent and 880 guardian participants of Hispanic descent, were used to examine the factor structure of BIQ-S scores. Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a four-factor solution. The factors were labeled as follows: (a) Comfort With Use of Spanish Language, (b) Comfort With Use of English Language, (c) Enjoyment of Hispanic Cultural Activities, and (d) Enjoyment of American Cultural Activities. The findings support an expansion of the theoretical conceptualization of biculturalism and suggest that within both the heritage and the receiving cultures, comfort with language and enjoyment of other cultural components represent different factors. Measurement invariance analyses revealed stability of the factor structure, as well as some measurement differences, between adolescents and their guardians. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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