Adapting Large Batteries of Research Measures for Immigrants

    Authors

    K. J. Aroian

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Immigr. Minor. Health

    Keywords

    Instrument development; Psychometric evaluation; Cross-cultural; equivalence; Measurement; MOOD STATES POMS; PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION; PROFILE; ADAPTATION; VALIDITY; VERSION; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

    Abstract

    A four-step, streamlined process to adapt a large battery of measures for a study of mother-child adjustment in Arab Muslim immigrants and the lessons learned are described. The streamlined process includes adapting content, translation, pilot testing, and extensive psychometric evaluation but omits in-depth qualitative inquiry to identify the full content domain of the constructs of interest and cognitive interviews to assess how respondents interpret items. Lessons learned suggest that the streamlined process is not sufficient for certain measures, particularly when there is little published information about how the measure performs with different groups, the measure requires substantial item revision to achieve content equivalence, and the measure is both challenging to translate and has little to no redundancy. When these conditions are present, condition-specific procedures need to be added to the streamlined process.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

    Volume

    15

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    636

    Last Page

    645

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000321240400023

    ISSN

    1557-1912

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