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1、Copyright1999bytheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,Inc.JournalofCounselingPsychology1999,Vol.46,No.3,342-3520O22-0167/99/$3.0OTheAsianValuesScale:Development,FactorAnalysis,Validation,andReliabilityBryanS.K.Kim,DonaldR.Atkinson,andPeggyH.YangUniversityofCalifornia,Sa
2、ntaBarbaraMulticulturalresearchersandtheoristshavenotedthatclientadherencetoculture-of-originvaluesplaysanimportantroleintheprovisionofculturallyrelevantandsensitivepsychologicalservices.However,lackofinstrumentsthatmeasureethnicculturalvalueshasbeenashortcominginpas
3、tresearchthatattemptedtoexaminethisrelationship.Inthisarticle,thedevelopmentoftheAsianValuesScale(AVS)isdescribed,andtheresultsof4studiesinvestigatingthepsychometricpropertiesoftheAVSarereported.TheresultsindicatethattheAVShasadequateinternaland2-weektest-retestrelia
4、bility.Also,factoranalysisandcomparisonsofAVSscorestoscoresontheIndividualism-CollectivismScale(H.Triandis,1995)andtheSuinn-LewAsianSelf-IdentityAcculturationScale(R.M.Suinn,K.Rickard-Figueroa,S.Lew&P.Vigil,1987)providedevidenceofconvergentanddivergentvalidityfortheA
5、VS.Sincethemid-1800s,Asians,liketheirEuropeancounter-involvementinSoutheastAsia,Asiancountriesbecametheparts,haveimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesinsearchofleadingsourceofnewimmigrantstotheUnitedStateseconomicfreedomandabetterlifeforfuturegenerations.between1978and1995(U.S
6、.BureauoftheCensus,1997).AsianimmigrationtotheUnitedStatesbeganin1848withIn1996,Asiansalonemadeup34%(104,654persons)ofallthearrivalofChineseimmigrantsinSanFranciscotoworkimmigrantscomingintotheUnitedStates(U.S.BureauofingoldminesandcontinuedwithJapaneseimmigrantstheC
7、ensus,1997).Furthermore,ofthe25.8millionforeign-arrivingin1868,Koreansin1903,Filipinosin1906,andbornAmericans,6.97million(27%)areAsianAmericansAsianIndiansin1907.However,thisinfluxofAsian(U.S.BureauoftheCensus,1998).Currently,AsianAmeri-immigrantswassporadicasanti-As
8、iansentimentstookholdcanswhowerebornoverseasmakeupover50%ofAsianacrosstheUnitedStatesanddiscriminatorylegislation,groupsinthiscount
