The measurement of sociocultural adaptation

被引：622

作者：

Ward, CW ^{[1
]}

Kennedy, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Social Work & Psychol, Singapore 117570, Singapore

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS | 1999年 / 23卷 / 04期

关键词：

sociocultural; adaptation; adjustment; sojourner; cross-cultural transition;

D O I：

10.1016/S0147-1767(99)00014-0

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the construct of sociocultural adaptation and describes the development cmd refinement of its measurement. Psychometric analyses scs of the Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS) ale presented based oil the compilation of data across a large number of sojourner samples from an emerging program of research. The measurement and patterns of sociocultural adaptation are examined across. (1) 16 cross-sectional samples, (2) 4 longitudinal samples, and (3) 1 paired comparison between sojourning and sedentary samples. Selected cross-sample comparisons are reported, and the relationship between sociocultural and psychological adjustment across samples is discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：659 / 677

页数：19

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