The Cross-Cultural Assessment of Normative Concepts: Some Considerations on the Affinity between Methodological Approaches and Preferred Theories

AbstractThe article examines the cross-cultural transferability of widely accepted cross-cultural assessment tool using research conducted in Ukraine - the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS), insights from the American and Ukrainian researchers who translated and adapted the instrument in Ukraine. Within the qualitative focus group study researchers look at the peculiarities of CQS perceptions by the Ukrainian audience sample and identify barriers of these perceptions, peculiarities of perceptions of citizens of Ukraine regarding cross-cultural interaction.

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The Cross-Cultural Assessment of Coping Skills

Human Assessment and Cultural Factors ◽

10.1007/978-1-4899-2151-2_29 ◽

1983 ◽

pp. 421-431

Author(s):

Robert Peck

Keyword(s):

Coping Skills ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Assessment ◽

The Cross

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Perceptual Accuracy as Measured by the Rorschach: Are American Norms Applicable for Cross-Cultural Assessment?

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1994.78.3c.1287 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 78 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1287-1290 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carlos Rodriguez-Sutil ◽

Pilar Ortiz ◽

Catalina P Canovas ◽

M. C. Moreno Garcia ◽

Ralph Scott

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Reading Problems ◽

Perceptual Accuracy ◽

Empirical Basis ◽

Key Variables ◽

Cultural Assessment ◽

The Cross

Cross-cultural applications of Rorschach's test assume that American norms may be applied, but this assumption has little empirical basis. In fact, several such investigations have indicated that culture-specific norms must be employed on key variables employed to assess subjects' perceprual accuracy. The current study compared responses of 19 Spanish children who scored low on a reading measure and were considered by their teachers to experience significant reading problems with 19 peers who scored significantly higher on that reading measure and who experienced no apparent reading problems. Perceprual accuracy of both groups, as measured by the F + and X + percents, was virtually identical. Results are discussed in the context of other research which has questioned the cross-cultural applicability of American norms with respect to perceptual accuracy.

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The Cross-Cultural Equivalence of Parental Rearing Measure: EMBU-C

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.22.2.85 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 85-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Maja Deković ◽

Margreet ten Have ◽

Wilma A.M. Vollebergh ◽

Trees Pels ◽

Annerieke Oosterwegel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Child Rearing ◽

Latent Factors ◽

Immigrant Adolescents ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Parental Rearing ◽

The Cross ◽

Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

We examined the cross-cultural equivalence of a widely used instrument that assesses perceived parental rearing, the EMBU-C, among native Dutch and immigrant adolescents living in The Netherlands. The results of a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the factor structure of the EMBU-C, consisting of three latent factors (Warmth, Rejection, and Overprotection), and reliabilities of these scales are similar in both samples. These findings lend further support for the factorial and construct validity of this instrument. The comparison of perceived child rearing between native Dutch and immigrant adolescents showed cultural differences in only one of the assessed dimensions: Immigrant adolescents perceive their parents as more overprotective than do Dutch adolescents.

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