Development and preliminary validation of an acculturation scale for China’s rural to urban migrant children |
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| Institution: | 1. Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China;2. University of Houston, Child & Family Center for Innovative Research, Graduate College of Social Work, 3511 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA;3. University of Houston, International Office of Social Work Education, Graduate College of Social Work, 3511 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA;4. East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China;5. Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, USA;6. China Association for Social Work Education, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | The large-scale internal migration in China has provided an unparalleled scientific opportunity to study the conceptualization and measurement of adaptation processes among Chinese migrant youth. The present study aims to develop an acculturation instrument for Chinese children participating in the rural to urban migration. The newly developed acculturation scale was tested in a two-wave cross-sectional survey (N = 301 for phase 1 and N = 1773 for phase 2). The results suggested that the acculturation scale possessed adequate content and face validity as evaluated by expert panel and participants. Through exploratory factor analysis, the 20-item scale identified four theoretically supported factors: integration, assimilation, separation, and marginalization. The internal consistency of the four subscales was found to be adequate. The criterion-related validity estimates using the life satisfaction scale and depressive symptoms supported the use and continued development of the acculturation scale. |
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| Keywords: | Scale development Chinese migrant children Acculturation Subjective wellbeing Depressive symptoms |
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