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Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents

Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents Test

Understand how a child or teen is adapting to a new culture in about 6 minutes. Get clear, age-appropriate insight to guide targeted support at school or in therapy.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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Host Society Cultural Involvement (HSCI)

Measures how actively a migrant child engages with and adopts the norms, traditions, and everyday life of the host culture.

Low involvement

Moderate involvement

High involvement

-2 – 0: Low involvement | 0 – 2: Moderate involvement | 2: High involvement

A score of 0 indicates moderate involvement, suggesting some openness to the host culture with room for further integration.

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Heritage Culture Maintenance (HCM)

Measures how strongly a migrant child maintains their native language, traditions, and customs while living in a new cultural environment.

Low preservation

Balanced preservation

High preservation

-2 – 0: Low preservation | 0 – 2: Balanced preservation | 2: High preservation

A score of 0 suggests a balanced stance in which the child values their native culture without a strong emphasis on preserving it above adaptation to the new environment.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Recently relocated families

44%OF USERS

Parents or caregivers use it to understand how a child is adjusting to a new country, language, and daily culture after a move.

School support staff

33%OF USERS

School psychologists, counselors, and teachers use it to spot acculturation challenges in migrant students and plan targeted support at school.

Clinicians working with migrants

23%OF USERS

Child psychologists and therapists use it in assessments to clarify a young person’s adaptation strategy and guide individualized interventions.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Involvement in the culture of the host society (Iitcoths)

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-0.1 — 1.1

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Preserving the native cultural environment (Ptnce)

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0.2

Normal range

-0.5 — 0.9

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-2

max.

majority

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how a child or adolescent relates to both the new culture and their culture of origin. It reflects cultural maintenance, openness to the new environment, and feelings of integration or alienation.

Who is it intended for?

It is intended for children and adolescents who have moved to a new cultural setting or are growing up across cultures. It is appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school age groups.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Most administrations take about 6 minutes. The questionnaire is available in 8-, 14-, and 28-item versions depending on age and reading level.

How should responses be given?

Each statement should be rated based on typical feelings or behavior, not a single event. All items should be answered to support accurate scoring.

How are the results used?

Results describe the adaptation approach being used, such as integration, separation, assimilation, or marginalization. They support planning and monitoring of culturally responsive support and referrals when concerns are identified.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents, AQA Test

Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents Test

ethnopsychology migrants sociocultural adaptation

This measure is designed to assess acculturation attitudes and adaptation strategies in youth following exposure to a new cultural context. The Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents is commonly used to characterize how children and adolescents relate to their heritage culture and the receiving culture, including patterns that may reflect integration, separation, assimilation, or marginalization.

The version described by John W. Berry and Jean S. Phinney includes 28 items and typically takes about 6 minutes to complete. Results from the Acculturation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents may help clinicians and researchers identify areas of cultural stress, alignment, or conflict that could inform culturally responsive case conceptualization and support planning.

Author: Jean S. Phinney, John W. Berry

Literature: Berry, J. W., Phinney, J. S., Sam, D. L., & Vedder, P. Immigrant youth: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation. Applied Psychology: An International Review. 2006.

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