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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Intercult Relat. 2015 Mar;45:24–35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.12.007

Appendix A.

Acculturation Rating Scale for Jamaican Americans (ARSJA)

Scale: (1) none or not at all, (2) a bit or at times, (3) moderate(ly), (4) much or often (5) very much or always
1. I speak Jamaican Patios.
2. I enjoy speaking Jamaican Patois.
3. I associate with Black Americans.
4. I associate with White Americans.
5. I associate with Jamaicans and/or Jamaican Americans.
6. I enjoy listening to Jamaican music.
7. I enjoy listening to White American music.
8. I enjoy listening to African American music.
9. I enjoy Jamaican TV/movies.
10.I enjoy African American TV.
11.I enjoy African American movies.
12. I enjoy White American TV.
13. I enjoy White American movies.
14. I enjoy reading Jamaican books/newspapers/magazines.
15. I enjoy reading White American books/newspapers/magazines.
16. I enjoy reading African American books/newspapers/magazines.
17. I write (letters, emails, and other correspondence) in Jamaican Patois.
18. My thinking is done in Jamaican Patois.
19. How much contact have you had with Jamaica?
20. How much contact have you had with Black America?
21. How much contact have you had with White America?
22. My father identifies/identified himself as Jamaican.
23. My mother identifies/identified herself as Jamaican.
24. My friends, while I was growing up, were of Jamaican origin.
25. My friends, while I was growing up, were of White American/European American origin.
26. My friends, while I was growing up, were of Black American/African American origin.
27. My family cooks Jamaican foods.
28. My friends now are of White American/European American origin.
29. My friends now are of Black American/African American origin.
30. My friends are now of Jamaican origin.
31. I like to identify myself as Black American/African American.
32. I like to identify myself as White American/European American.
33. I like to identify myself as Jamaican American.
34. I like to identify myself as Jamaican.

Note. Scoring: JOS score = mean of 16 items referring to Jamaican culture; EAOS = mean of European American items; AAOS = mean of African American items