Anglo- and Hispanic-Americans' Performance on the Family Attitude Scale and its Implications for Improving Measurements of Acculturation

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1211-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Negy
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Language Preference ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Family Attitude

The present study examined whether the Family Attitude Scale, which measures family and socialization values, can be used to measure Hispanic-Americans' acculturation. This goal was in response to the criticism that many popular acculturation measures rely excessively on language preference and generation status from which one's acculturation is inferred instead of being assessed more specifically. Analysis indicated that 62 Anglo-Americans responded significantly differently than 61 Hispanic-Americans on four of the eight Family Attitude subscales but that the latter group's scores on the popularly used Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans did not significantly correlate with their Family Attitude Scale scores. Implications for improving acculturation measures are discussed.

scholarly journals Attitude of Farmers towards Thai Koi Farming in Selected Upazila of Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Farruk Ahmed ◽  
Mohammad Zulfikar Rahman ◽  
Shonia Sheheli ◽  
Debashish Sarker Dev
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
High Price ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
The Family ◽  
Observed Score

The main purposes of the study were to determine the attitude of farmers towards Thai Koi farming in a selected area of Mymensingh district. Attempt was also made to identify the problems faced by the farmers in Thai Koi farming. Data were obtained from randomly selected 70 Thai Koi farmers of Shaiod and Ahmedpur villages in Kheruajani Union under Muktagachha Upazila of Mamensingh district during April, 2015. Attitude of the farmers was measured in respect of different aspects of Thai koi production. A three-point rating scale was used to indicate the Thai koi farmers’ response against each statement. The possible score for each respondent could range from 15 to 45 and observed score ranged from 31 to 41. It is evident that ‘I believe that Thai koi farming in pond can supply protein and nutrition to the family members ranked first as a statement in attitude scale of Thai Koi farmers. Second is ‘I like Thai Koi farming because it has higher growth rate than that of other local Koi’. Most of the Thai Koi farmers had highly favourable attitude. Among the problems, ‘high sensitivity to disease of Thai Koi’ got the highest problem confrontation score and stood the first ranked problem and other problem were ‘High price of Thai koi feed’, High price of drugs’ and ‘High price of farm labour’ etc. Farmers suggested from their experiences that there should have need-based spot training on effective management of Thai Koi farming. In achieving this target, Department of Fisheries and allied NGOs may play a crucial role.

Predictive validity of the Family Attitude Scale in people with psychosis

2008 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Kavanagh ◽  
Diba Pourmand ◽  
Angela White ◽  
Denise Robertson ◽  
Kim Halford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Attitude

Acculturation and MMPI-2 Scale Scores of Mexican American Substance Abuse Patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1181-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie H. Lessenger
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Scale Scores

No significant correlation was found between a linear acculturation score derived from the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II and the scale scores of the MMPI-2, for 100 Mexican American men.

Development of a Korean Family Attitude Scale: A Pilot Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heeyoung Lee ◽  
Karen G. Schepp ◽  
Young-Mi Jung
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Testing ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
English Version ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Korean Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Reliable Instrument ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Korean College Students ◽  
Family Attitude

Background and purpose: This study was conducted to develop and pilot test a Korean version of the Family Attitude Scale (FAS). Methods: We developed the Korean FAS using the translation/back-translation method. Two English monolinguals assessed its translation validity by comparing the original with a back-translated English version. Translation equivalence of the FAS and the refined Korean FAS was evaluated in a convenience sample of 56 bilingual Korean college students. Results: The internal consistency of the Korean FAS and the FAS was 0.96 and 0.76, respectively. Mean scores on the two versions did not differ (t = −0.14, p = 0.89). The test–retest correlation coefficient was 0.37 (p < .001). Conclusions: Although the Korean FAS needs further refinement and psychometric testing, it was translated to reflect the original version and was a reliable instrument for the Korean population.

The family attitude scale: reliability and validity of a new scale for measuring the emotional climate of families

1997 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Kavanagh ◽  
Paul O'Halloran ◽  
Vijaya Manicavasagar ◽  
Dianne Clark ◽  
Olga Piatkowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Emotional Climate ◽  
Scale Reliability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Attitude

scholarly journals French version of the Family Attitude Scale: Psychometric properties and relation of attitudes to the respondent's psychiatric status

2013 ◽  
Vol 210 (2) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline L. Vandeleur ◽  
David J. Kavanagh ◽  
Nicolas Favez ◽  
Enrique Castelao ◽  
Martin Preisig
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
French Version ◽  
Psychiatric Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Attitude

scholarly journals Democratic Perception and Attitudes of the Pre-Service Music Teachers in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Hatice Onuray Eğilmez ◽  
Özgür Eğilmez ◽  
Doruk Engür
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Democratic Attitudes ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Service Music

<span lang="EN-US">Democracy, a lifestyle as much as it is a form of government, begins to be learned in the family. The youth observe and acquire the democratic attitudes of their parents. The task of passing it on to the new generations and helping them acquire democratic values is the mission of schools, namely teachers. It is a commonly known fact that developmental level of countries shows parallelism with the democratic attitudes of individuals. It is important to understand the democratic perceptions and attitudes of teachers who are responsible for positioning democratic structure and thus raising the democratic level of countries. For this reason, the research aims to examine the democratic perceptions and attitudes of music teacher candidates in terms of some variables. Data collected using the democratic attitude scale were analyzed using t-test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Results showed that attitude scores did not change according to gender, level of parents’ education or the year students were in. Scale scores were negatively correlated with the amount of parents’ income. There was no correlation between the students’ GPAs and the scale scores. Music teaching requires a democratic environment intrinsically; therefore, the democratic perceptions and attitudes of the music teacher candidates who will carry out the music lessons in which they should maintain the democratic environment must be determined. As aforementioned notions suggest, this study is of the essence since the results will shed light on the academic staff in the institutions that train music teachers.</span>

Acculturative differences among Hispanic Americans on RC Scale scores of the MMPI-2

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Sanders ◽  
Claire L. Sauvagnat ◽  
David V. Nelson ◽  
Stanley T. Kordinak ◽  
Marcus T. Boccaccini
Keyword(s):  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Scale Scores

Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel Cuellar ◽  
Lorwen C. Harris ◽  
Ricardo Jasso
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Rating Scale
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