Cultural Adjustment Difficulties Checklist

Sodowsky, G. R., & Lai, E. W. M. (1997). Asian immigrant variables and structural models of cross-cultural distress. In A. Booth, A. C. Crouter, & N. Landale (Eds.), Immigration and the family: Research and policy on U.S. immigrants (pp. 211-234). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

This chapter is characterized by both theoretical questions and data-based findings. An attempt is made to see the relationships among the constructs of acculturation, the family, immigrant sociocultural factors, and cultural adjustment difficulties. Relationships are proposed using Asian immigrants as Ss of conceptualization and of an empirical investigation. There are 3 parts to the chapter. First, the bidirectional model of acculturation is reformulated from the perspective of ethnic identity. Second, relationships between ethnic identity and the family are considered because ethnic identity and the family are at the core of the Asian collective self. Third, a data-based empirical investigation of Asian immigrants on the CADC is reported. This is a study, using structural equation modeling, on the structural relations of some of the constructs or their related components, such as acculturation preferences for language usage and social customs, family network and support, extent of ethnic friendships, perception of prejudice, sociocultural immigrant variables, and cultural adjustment difficulties. Factor analyses, one for a sample of Asian Americans (N=382), and another for a sample of Asian international people (N=705), revealed two facts, Acculturative Stress (35 items) and Intercultural Competence (24 items) with high internal consistency reliabilities.