The present study examined whether the Family Attitude Scale, which measures family and socialization values, can be used to measure Hispanic-Americans' acculturation. This goal was in response to the criticism that many popular acculturation measures rely excessively on language preference and generation status from which one's acculturation is inferred instead of being assessed more specifically. Analysis indicated that 62 Anglo-Americans responded significantly differently than 61 Hispanic-Americans on four of the eight Family Attitude subscales but that the latter group's scores on the popularly used Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans did not significantly correlate with their Family Attitude Scale scores. Implications for improving acculturation measures are discussed.
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