Assessment in Multicultural Groups: The Role of Acculturation

By Fons J. R. Vijver, Karen Phalet. 2004

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On analyse le role de l’acculturation dans l’evaluation des groupes multiculturels. Des procedures standardisees doivent etre developpees pour prendre en compte la composition multiculturelle des societes contemporaines ou les individus, relevants de references culturelles multiples, ne disposent pas de l’aisance culturelle et langagiere que les procedures d’evaluation presupposent lors de la passation des tests psychologie et d’education. La premiere partie de l’article presente un bref survol des modeles d’acculturation et souligne la pertinence de l’acculturation dans le testing multiculturel. La seconde partie aborde des questions conceptuelles et methodologiques dans l’evaluation de l’acculturation. S’ensuit une discussion sur la facon dont l’acculturation peut etre prise en compte dans l’evaluation des groupes multiculturels, par exemple en etablissant differentes normes pour des groupes culturels differents, en ajoutant une correction pour le statut d’acculturation, ou en evaluant l’acculturation et en utilisant ce score en covariation ou comme valeur seuil, ce qui decidera si oui ou non un resultat a un test peut etre interprete valablement. The role of acculturation in assessment in multicultural groups is discussed. It is argued that standard procedures are to be developed to deal with the multicultural composition of today’s societies, in which clients come from various cultural backgrounds and do not have the familiarity with the language and culture of the psychological and educational tests that is implicitly assumed in the assessment procedure. The first part presents a brief overview of acculturation models and points out the relevance of acculturation in multicultural testing. The second part of the paper discusses conceptual and methodological issues in the assessment of acculturation. This is followed by a discussion of ways in which acculturation can be taken into account in assessing multicultural groups, such as establishing different norms for different cultural groups, adding a “correction” for acculturation status, or assessing acculturation, and using this score either as a covariate or as a threshold value that determines whether or not a score on a target instrument can be interpreted adequately. Implications are discussed.

Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Identity Development, Personality, and Well‐Being in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (2012, background): “…the world (e.g., Arnett, 2002)—and the unprecedented mass international migration that has taken place globally during the last 40–50 years (Sam & Berry, 2010; van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004), more people are exposed to cultural streams and realities other than their own (Vignoles et al., 2011).”
Fitting a Mixture Item Response Theory Model to Personality Questionnaire Data: Characterizing Latent Classes and Investigating Possibilities for Improving Prediction (2008, background): “Van de Vijver and Phalet (2004) pointed out the importance of the role of acculturation in assessment in multicultural groups.”
Broadening the Study of the Self: Integrating the Study of Personal Identity and Cultural Identity (2008, background): “…located in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa; Triandis, 1989), whereas the majority of these immigrants have been settling in largely individualist areas of the world such as the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Australia (Berry et al., 2006; van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”
Multicultural Employees: A Framework for Understanding How They Contribute to Organizations (2013, background): “When cultural distance is small, multicultural individuals may find it easier to integrate their cultures because there are fewer inconsistencies to reconcile (Van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”
Similarities and Differences in Acculturation Among Mothers, Fathers, and Children in Immigrant Chinese Families (2006, background): “Bidimensional (orthogonal) models of acculturation highlight the independence of the host and ethnic dimensions of acculturation (e.g., Berry, 2003; Costigan & Su, 2004; van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”
The relationships of personal and ethnic identity exploration to indices of adaptive and maladaptive psychosocial functioning (2009, background): “Issues of ethnicity and culture are increasingly important in the United States and other Western countries, which are experiencing an unprecedented wave of immigration from non-Western, collectivistoriented countries and regions (Donato, Aguilera, & Wakabayashi, 2005; van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”
A Bidimensional Model of Acculturation for Examining Differences in Family Functioning and Behavior Problems in Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents (2007, unknown): “Immigration has increasingly become a worldwide phenomenon, andimmigrants are coming from (and settling in) a wider array of countries than ever before (van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”
Intergenerational Trauma: Convergence of Multiple Processes among First Nations peoples in Canada (2009, unknown): “…for clinicians in making diagnoses and planning treatment strategies (Atkinson et al., 1998; Berry, 1990; Castillo, 1997), determining factors such as identity and acculturation may be essential for research to determine the source for within group differences (van de Vijver & Phalet, 2004).”