Adaptation of an Acculturation Scale for African Refugee Women

Crista E. Johnson-Agbakwu; Priscilla Flynn; Gladys B. Asiedu; Eric Hedberg; Carmen Radecki Breitkopf

doi:10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6

Adaptation of an Acculturation Scale for African Refugee Women

Crista E. Johnson-Agbakwu, Priscilla Flynn, Gladys B. Asiedu, Eric Hedberg, Carmen Radecki Breitkopf

Dental Hygiene

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

Abstract

Newly-arrived African refugees are a vulnerable group of immigrants for whom no validated acculturation measures exist. A valid measurement tool is essential to understand how acculturative processes impact health and health disparities. We adapted the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) to characterize its reliability among ethnic Somali women residing in Minnesota, and Somali, Somali Bantu, and Burundian women in Arizona. Surveys were administered to 164 adult women. Analyses were conducted along socio-demographic variables of ethnicity, geographic residence, age, and length of time in the United States through t tests and one-way analysis of variance. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the modified BIQ. Exploratory factor analyses yielded five subscales: “Speak Native Language”, “Speak English Language”, “Enjoy Native Activities”, “Enjoy American Activities”, and “Desired Ideal Culture”. The subscales of the modified BIQ possessed Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.68 to 0.92, suggestive that all subscales had acceptable to excellent internal consistency. The modified BIQ maintained its psychometric properties across geographic regions of resettled Central and East African refugees.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	252-262
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6
State	Published - Feb 1 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Arizona Health Facilities Authority, and technical assistance was provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Health Systems Development, and the Mayo Clinic Office of Women’s Health. Data analysis was also supported by training funds from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIMHD/NIH), award P20 MD002316 (F. Marsiglia, P.I.) of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University. We are grateful to the many colleagues and community partners without whom this community collaboration would not have been possible.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Keywords

Acculturation
African
Biculturalism
Refugees
Women

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access

10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6

http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4183716

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@article{9161c734fda0482cbdf6d7694981f9b0,

title = "Adaptation of an Acculturation Scale for African Refugee Women",

abstract = "Newly-arrived African refugees are a vulnerable group of immigrants for whom no validated acculturation measures exist. A valid measurement tool is essential to understand how acculturative processes impact health and health disparities. We adapted the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) to characterize its reliability among ethnic Somali women residing in Minnesota, and Somali, Somali Bantu, and Burundian women in Arizona. Surveys were administered to 164 adult women. Analyses were conducted along socio-demographic variables of ethnicity, geographic residence, age, and length of time in the United States through t tests and one-way analysis of variance. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the modified BIQ. Exploratory factor analyses yielded five subscales: “Speak Native Language”, “Speak English Language”, “Enjoy Native Activities”, “Enjoy American Activities”, and “Desired Ideal Culture”. The subscales of the modified BIQ possessed Cronbach{\textquoteright}s α ranging from 0.68 to 0.92, suggestive that all subscales had acceptable to excellent internal consistency. The modified BIQ maintained its psychometric properties across geographic regions of resettled Central and East African refugees.",

keywords = "Acculturation, African, Biculturalism, Refugees, Women",

author = "Johnson-Agbakwu, {Crista E.} and Priscilla Flynn and Asiedu, {Gladys B.} and Eric Hedberg and Breitkopf, {Carmen Radecki}",

note = "Funding Information: This study was funded by the Arizona Health Facilities Authority, and technical assistance was provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Health Systems Development, and the Mayo Clinic Office of Women{\textquoteright}s Health. Data analysis was also supported by training funds from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIMHD/NIH), award P20 MD002316 (F. Marsiglia, P.I.) of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University. We are grateful to the many colleagues and community partners without whom this community collaboration would not have been possible. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.",

year = "2016",

month = feb,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "18",

pages = "252--262",

journal = "Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health",

issn = "1557-1912",

publisher = "Springer New York",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Adaptation of an Acculturation Scale for African Refugee Women

AU - Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista E.

AU - Flynn, Priscilla

AU - Asiedu, Gladys B.

AU - Hedberg, Eric

AU - Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki

N1 - Funding Information: This study was funded by the Arizona Health Facilities Authority, and technical assistance was provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Health Systems Development, and the Mayo Clinic Office of Women’s Health. Data analysis was also supported by training funds from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIMHD/NIH), award P20 MD002316 (F. Marsiglia, P.I.) of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University. We are grateful to the many colleagues and community partners without whom this community collaboration would not have been possible. Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

PY - 2016/2/1

Y1 - 2016/2/1

N2 - Newly-arrived African refugees are a vulnerable group of immigrants for whom no validated acculturation measures exist. A valid measurement tool is essential to understand how acculturative processes impact health and health disparities. We adapted the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) to characterize its reliability among ethnic Somali women residing in Minnesota, and Somali, Somali Bantu, and Burundian women in Arizona. Surveys were administered to 164 adult women. Analyses were conducted along socio-demographic variables of ethnicity, geographic residence, age, and length of time in the United States through t tests and one-way analysis of variance. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the modified BIQ. Exploratory factor analyses yielded five subscales: “Speak Native Language”, “Speak English Language”, “Enjoy Native Activities”, “Enjoy American Activities”, and “Desired Ideal Culture”. The subscales of the modified BIQ possessed Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.68 to 0.92, suggestive that all subscales had acceptable to excellent internal consistency. The modified BIQ maintained its psychometric properties across geographic regions of resettled Central and East African refugees.

AB - Newly-arrived African refugees are a vulnerable group of immigrants for whom no validated acculturation measures exist. A valid measurement tool is essential to understand how acculturative processes impact health and health disparities. We adapted the Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) to characterize its reliability among ethnic Somali women residing in Minnesota, and Somali, Somali Bantu, and Burundian women in Arizona. Surveys were administered to 164 adult women. Analyses were conducted along socio-demographic variables of ethnicity, geographic residence, age, and length of time in the United States through t tests and one-way analysis of variance. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the modified BIQ. Exploratory factor analyses yielded five subscales: “Speak Native Language”, “Speak English Language”, “Enjoy Native Activities”, “Enjoy American Activities”, and “Desired Ideal Culture”. The subscales of the modified BIQ possessed Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.68 to 0.92, suggestive that all subscales had acceptable to excellent internal consistency. The modified BIQ maintained its psychometric properties across geographic regions of resettled Central and East African refugees.

KW - Acculturation

KW - African

KW - Biculturalism

KW - Refugees

KW - Women

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84955171877&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84955171877&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6

DO - 10.1007/s10903-014-9998-6

M3 - Article

C2 - 24573644

AN - SCOPUS:84955171877

SN - 1557-1912

VL - 18

SP - 252

EP - 262

JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

IS - 1

ER -

Adaptation of an Acculturation Scale for African Refugee Women

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this