… Our goal is to extend and generalize this work by developing a measure that retains all
five value orientations and measures the conventional behavioral aspects of acculturation.
Although based on a sample from the Vietnamese community of Melbourne, Australia, the
aim was to develop a questionnaire that excluded culture-specific items so that the
questionnaire could be adapted for use in any migrant community living in any host country.
Such instruments and procedures might make comparisons of … First, we were able to …

An important issue regarding the culture of immigrant communities is that they are a part of
neither the broader host community nor the country of origin. Substantial acculturation-the
process of change in knowledge, attitudes, cultural beliefs, values, and practices that occurs
when the individual is exposed to a new cultural environment (Burnam, Tellez, Hough, &
Escobar, 1987; Olmedo, 1979; Ramirez, 1980)-may take place. Acculturation does not
necessarily occur to the same extent or at the same rate for all immigrant communities nor …