Development of a measure of "acculturation" for ethnic Fijians: methodologic and conceptual considerations for application to eating disorders research.
Development of a measure of "acculturation" for ethnic Fijians: methodologic and conceptual considerations for application to eating disorders research.
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DOI：
10.1177/1363461510382153
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发表时间：
2010-11
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Gilman SE
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作者：
Becker AE;Fay K;Agnew-Blais J;Guarnaccia PM;Striegel-Moore RH;Gilman SE
文化适应已被视为饮食失调的一个危险因素，但对研究结果的解释受到跨研究此结构操作不一致的限制。这项研究的目的是制定和评估特定人群的文化适应措施，为少数民族的斐济青少年女学生，在未来的分析中使用有关饮食失调。我们的研究结果表明，文化适应是一个多维度的结构，其特征在于不同的，虽然相关的，维度的取向，以民族斐济和/或西方/全球文化方面的一系列行为和态度。在对比的理论模型，假定单维，正交，或斜的文化身份之间的关系，在经历文化适应的个人，我们的研究结果支持一个异质模式之间的相关性的维度在对比的文化身份。我们建议多方面的措施，文化适应是最佳的-和社会人口代理不足-表征这一复杂的过程，健康研究。
Acculturation has been examined as a risk factor for eating disorders, but interpretation of findings has been limited by inconsistent operationalization of this construct across studies. The study aim was to develop and evaluate a population-specific measure of acculturation for ethnic Fijian adolescent schoolgirls, to use in future analyses related to eating disorders. Our findings suggest that acculturation is a multidimensional construct characterized by distinct, though related, dimensions of orientation to ethnic Fijian and/or western/global culture with respect to a range of behaviors and attitudes. In contrast to theoretical models positing uni-dimensional, orthogonal, or oblique relations between cultural identities in individuals undergoing acculturation, our study findings support a heterogeneous pattern among correlations of dimensions across contrasting cultural identities. We suggest multidimensional measures of acculturation are optimal — and socio-demographic proxies inadequate — for characterization of this complex process for health research.