Mexican American Cultural Values Scale (MACVS)

The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale (Knight et al., 2010) is a 50 item measure of differential Latino cultural expectations. The measure contains 9 subscales to assess both traditional Latino and mainstream values. Traditional Latino values include familism, respect, religion, and traditional gender roles while mainstream values include independence/self-reliance and competition/personal achievement. Participants respond using a 5-point Likert scale (from 1 = not at all to 5 = completely); a higher score represents higher presence of cultural values.

Measure Source Article:

Knight, G. P., Gonzales, N. A., Saenz, D. S., Bonds, D. D., Germán, M., Deardorff, J., ... & Updegraff, K. A. (2010). The Mexican American cultural values scale for adolescents and adults. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 30(3), 444-481.

 

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Translation Information:

The MACVS was translated to Spanish by the measure developers.  The translation process consisted of 3 steps:  translation, back translation, and conference between members of the research team and the translators to resolve discrepancies.  Both Spanish and English measure items are available from the source article.

 

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