Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale – SL-ASIA

What language can you speak? (1 = Asian only, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Bilingual, 4 = Mostly English, 5 = Only English)

What language do you prefer? (1 = Asian only, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Bilingual, 4 = Mostly English, 5 = Only English)

How do you identify yourself? (1 = Oriental, 2 = Asian, 3 = Asian American, 4 = Ethnic American, 5 = American)

Which identification does (did) your mother use? (1 = Oriental, 2 = Asian, 3 = Asian American, 4 = Ethnic American, 5 = American)

Which identification does (did) your father use? (1 = Oriental, 2 = Asian, 3 = Asian American, 4 = Ethnic American, 5 = American)

What was the ethnic origin of the friends and peers you had, as a child up to age 6? (1 = Almost exclusively Asians, 2 = Mostly Asians, 3 = Equally Asian and Anglo, 4 = Mostly non-Asians, 5 = Almost exclusively non-Asians)

What was the ethnic origin of the friends and peers you had, as a child from age 6 to 18? (1 = Almost exclusively Asians, 2 = Mostly Asians, 3 = Equally Asian and Anglo, 4 = Mostly non-Asians, 5 = Almost exclusively non-Asians)

Whom do you now associate with in the community? (1 = Almost exclusively Asians, 2 = Mostly Asians, 3 = Equally Asian and Anglo, 4 = Mostly non-Asians, 5 = Almost exclusively non-Asians)

If you could pick, whom would you prefer to associate with in the community? (1 = Almost exclusively Asians, 2 = Mostly Asians, 3 = Equally Asian and Anglo, 4 = Mostly non-Asians, 5 = Almost exclusively non-Asians)

What is your music preference? (1 = Only Asian music, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Equally Asian and English, 4 = Mostly English, 5 = English only)

What is your movie preference? (1 = Asian-language only, 2 = Asian-language mostly, 3 = Equally Asian and English, 4 = Mostly English-language, 5 = English-language only)

What generation are you? (1 = 1st Gen [born in Asia], 2 = 2nd Gen [born in US, parent born in Asia], 3 = 3rd Gen [born in US, parents born in US, grandparents born in Asia], 4 = 4th Gen [at least one grandparent born in US], 5 = 5th Gen [parents and grandparents born in US])

Where were you raised? (1 = In Asia only, 2 = Mostly in Asia, 3 = Equally in Asia and US, 4 = Mostly in US, 5 = In US only)

What contact have you had with Asia? (1 = Raised 1 year or more in Asia, 2 = Lived less than 1 year in Asia, 3 = Occasional visits, 4 = Occasional communications, 5 = No exposure or communications)

What is your food preference at home? (1 = Exclusively Asian food, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Equally Asian and American, 4 = Mostly American, 5 = Exclusively American)

What is your food preference in restaurants? (1 = Exclusively Asian food, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Equally Asian and American, 4 = Mostly American, 5 = Exclusively American)

Do you read: (1 = Only Asian language, 2 = Asian language better than English, 3 = Both equally well, 4 = English better than Asian, 5 = Only English)

Do you write: (1 = Only Asian language, 2 = Asian language better than English, 3 = Both equally well, 4 = English better than Asian, 5 = Only English)

If you consider yourself a member of the Asian group, how much pride do you have in this group? (1 = Extremely proud, 2 = Moderately proud, 3 = Little proud, 4 = No pride but not negative, 5 = No pride and feel negative)

How would you rate yourself? (1 = Very Asian, 2 = Mostly Asian, 3 = Bicultural, 4 = Mostly Westernized, 5 = Very Westernized)

Do you participate in Asian occasions, holidays, traditions, etc.? (1 = Nearly all, 2 = Most of them, 3 = Some of them, 4 = A few of them, 5 = None at all)

Rate yourself on how much you believe in Asian values (e.g., about marriage, families, education, work): (1 = Do not believe, 5 = Strongly believe)

Rate yourself on how much you believe in American (Western) values: (1 = Do not believe, 5 = Strongly believe)

Rate yourself on how well you fit when with other Asians of the same ethnicity: (1 = Do not fit, 5 = Fit very well)

Rate yourself on how well you fit when with other Americans who are non-Asian (Westerners): (1 = Do not fit, 5 = Fit very well)

Which ONE of the following most closely describes how you view yourself? (1 = Basically Asian, 2 = Basically American, 3 = Asian American [Asian first], 4 = Asian American [American first], 5 = Asian American [blend])