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permitted to discontinue the survey. No such requests for discontinuation were noted.
School performance and demographic data for each student were obtained from the
school district. The data included a student ID that allowed matching the school
performance and socio-demographic data with the survey data. School data points
included grades, absences, academic achievement scores, and status as at-risk for
dropping out of school, limited English proficiency, migrant, and gifted and talented,
among other variables.
Materials
Acculturation Rating Scale of Mexican Americans-II (ARSMA-II). The ARSMA-II
(Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, www.sagepub.com) is a 48-item Likert type
scale that measures acculturation along 3 primary factors: language, ethnic identity,
and ethnic interaction. It was normed on 379 Mexican, Mexican-American, and White
Non-Hispanic university students who represented five generational levels. The ARSMA-
II is an orthogonal, multidimensional scale that measures orientation toward the
Mexican culture (Mexican Orientation Subscale (MOS)) and the Anglo culture (Anglo
Orientation Subscale (AOS)) independently. The MOS has 17 items and a coefficient
alpha of .88, while the AOS has 13 items and a coefficient alpha of .83. The ARSMA-II
is able to generate both linear acculturation categories (Levels 1-5 defined below) and
orthogonal acculturative categories (Traditional, Low Biculturals, High Biculturals, and
Assimilated). For each subject, a mean MOS score is computed by summing the 17
items of the MOS scale and dividing by 17. Likewise, a mean AOS score is obtained by
summing the 13 items of the AOS and dividing by 13. A linear acculturation score is24
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Manning, Suzanne C. Acculturation Level, Generational Status and Gender: Their Role in Acculturative Stress in Young Adolescent Mexican Americans, dissertation, August 2004; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4592/m1/30/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .