The Asian Values Scale: Development, factor analysis, validation, and reliability.

TLDR

Multicultural researchers have highlighted the importance of clients’ adherence to culture‑of‑origin values for culturally relevant psychological services, yet a lack of instruments to measure ethnic cultural values has hindered such research. The article describes the development of the Asian Values Scale (AVS) and reports four studies examining its psychometric properties. The AVS was developed and its reliability and validity were assessed through four empirical studies. The AVS exhibited adequate internal consistency and 2‑week test‑retest reliability, and factor analysis together with comparisons to the Individualism‑Collectivism Scale and the Suinn‑Lew Asian Self‑Identity Acculturation Scale confirmed its convergent and divergent validity.

Abstract

Multicultural researchers and theorists have noted that client adherence to culture-of-origin values plays an important role in the provision of culturally relevant and sensitive psychological services. However, lack of instruments that measure ethnic cultural values has been a shortcoming in past research that attempted to examine this relationship. In this article, the development of the Asian Values Scale (AVS) is described, and the results of 4 studies investigating the psychometric properties of the AVS are reported. The results indicate that the AVS has adequate internal and 2-week test-retest reliability. Also, factor analysis and comparisons of AVS scores to scores on the Individualism-Collectivism Scale (H. Triandis, 1995) and the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale (R. M. Suinn, K. Rickard-Figueroa, S. Lew & P. Vigil, 1987) provided evidence of convergent and divergent validity for the AVS.