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Acculturation and psychological adjustment

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(@kainat-shahid)
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I need Acculturation scale and psychological adjustment scale for my research


   
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(@aamir)
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Here are few scale already available on our website, please share the link or title of post from this link in reply and i will prove you scale on acculturation here

https://ask.psychologyroots.com/?s=+Acculturation+scale


   
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(@aamir)
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Here are psychological adjustment scale

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Psychological Adjustment Scale

 
1. I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other international students.
2. I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other American students.
3. I take a positive attitude toward myself after I came to the U.S.
4. Overall‚ I am satisfied with myself and my life after I came to the U.S.
5. I feel upset often since I came to the U.S.
6. I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to be since I came to the U.S.
7. I often feel like I am a failure since I came to the U.S.
8. I am not as confident as I used to be since I came to the U.S.
9. I cry more than I used to since I came to the U.S.
10. I don’t consider myself as worthwhile and useful as I used to since I came to the U.S.
11. I can’t concentrate as well as usual since I came to the U.S.
 
12. I often can’t sleep well after I came to the U.S.
13. I am more irritable than usual.
14. Sometimes I feel I am treated differently in an uncomfortable way because I am a foreign student.
15. I feel homesick quite often.
16. I miss the people and country of my origin.
17. I feel uncomfortable to adjust myself to American cultural environment.
18. I often feel lonely and isolated since I came to the U.S.
19. I do not have a sense of belonging here.
20. I feel more anxious than I used to since I came to the U.S.
 
1= Strongly disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Neutral; 4 = Agree; 5 = Strongly agree
Negatively worded items were coded reversely
 
Internal reliability ranges from .84 to .91 (Ward & Kennedy‚ 1999)

   
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(@kainat-shahid)
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@aamir Thankyou


   
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(@aamir)
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@kainat-shahid If you need more help please reply here


   
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(@kainat-shahid)
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@aamir I need the author's email of psychological adjustment scale . Do you have any idea?


   
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(@aamir)
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In my information following are, the references that may help you

here is the email of the author

Corresponding author. Department of Social Work and Psychology, National
The University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117570.; E-mail: swkcaw@nus.edu.sg

Ward‚ C.‚ & Kennedy‚ A. (1999). The measurement of sociocultural adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations‚ 18‚ 329-343.


   
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