acculturation index for mexican americans aima

Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)

Ethnicities and races

Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)
Mainous‚ 1989
 
1.    Language spoken with friends
2.    Language spoken with siblings
3.    Language of interview
4.    Self-definition as an American of Mexican descent
5.    Self-definition as a Mexican American
6.    Self-definition as a US Native
7.    Self-definition as a US citizen
8.    Self-definition as a foreigner
9.    Self-definition as an immigrant
 
language use‚ Self-definition as an Insider and Self-definition as an Outsider
 
Items 1–3: 1 = English only; 2 = Mostly English; 3 = Both languages about equal; 4 = Mostly Spanish; 5 = Spanish only
Items 4–7: 1 = American of Mexican descent; 2 = Mexican American; 3 = US Citizen; 4 = US Native
Items 8–9: 1 = Foreigner; 2 = Immigrant
Language (items: 1-3)‚ Self-definition as an Insider (three: 4–7)‚ and Self-definition as an Outsider (items: 8 and 9)
 
This instrument can be found at: http://www.springer.com/978-1-4419-6696-4
 

Mainous‚ A. (1989). Self-concept as an indicator of acculturation in Mexican Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences‚ 11‚ 178–89.

Davis LE and Engel RJ. Measuring Race and Ethnicity. New York‚ NY: Springer 2011.

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mohammad looti (2026). Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/acculturation-index-for-mexican-americans-aima/

mohammad looti. "Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 26 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/acculturation-index-for-mexican-americans-aima/.

mohammad looti. "Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/acculturation-index-for-mexican-americans-aima/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/acculturation-index-for-mexican-americans-aima/.

[1] mohammad looti, "Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA)," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.

mohammad looti. Acculturation Index for Mexican Americans (AIMA). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2026;vol(issue):pages.

Related terms:

  1. Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II (ARSMA-II)
  2. Acculturation Scale for Mexican Americans (ASMA)
  3. Adverse Childhood Experience International Questionnaire–Mexican Spanish Version
  4. Acculturation and Adaptation index Revisited
  5. Acculturation Index – Revised (AI-R)
  6. Acculturation Index (AI)
  7. Vancouver Index of Acculturation
  8. Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)
  9. The European American Values Scale for Asian Americans (EAVS-AA)
  10. Los Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area Acculturation Scale (LAECA)
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