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Identify and comment on some of the strategies used by Stephenson (2000) in evaluating the validity of the Stephenson Multi-group Acculturation Scale (SMAS) (attached).

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The solution identifies and commends on some strategies used by Stephenson (2000) in the evaluation of the validity of the Stephenson Multi-group Acculturation Scale.

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Two factors, such as ethnic society immersion and dominant society immersion were used. There were three studies that were conducted to describe its development and refinement, examine its psychometric properties and examine the robustness of the factor structure with a new sample. What was noted was that there are ...

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