Recent Advances: Cross-cultural Adaptation and Well-being

Abstract Background: Family caregivers of individual with schizophrenia experience various stresses in everyday life which have a negative impact on their well-being. The Caregiver Well-Being Scale(CWBS) is an instrument with psychometrics properties that identifies many important factors associated with caregiving stressors, and provides a picture of overall felt well-being. Since, there is no Persian version of this instrument for investigating schizophrenia caregiver’s well-being, cross cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the CWBS among Iranian Schizophrenia caregivers is required.Methods: A methodological and cross-sectional study was conducted with 144 Schizophrenia caregivers in psychiatric centers affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences(SUMS), in the south of Iran. Persian version of the CWBS was generated in two phases: Phase 1 – Cross-cultural adaptation using forward translation and backward translation methods in five stages. Phase 2 – Psychometric properties test involved assessing content validity, construct validity by exploratory factor analysis and convergent and divergent validity, reliability by internal consistency and test –retest.Results: The translation, cross-cultural adaptation and qualitative content validity resulted in some semantic modifications to the original CWBS version. Both subscales of CWBS -(Basic Need(BN) and Activities of Daily living (ADL)- showed a signiﬁcant strong positive correlation with total CWBS, (BN: r = 0.81 and ADL: r= 0.88), moderate positive correlation with SOC (BN: r = 0.42 and ADL: r = 0.46), and moderate negative correlation with CBI (BN: r = -0.38 and ADL: r= -0.47) (all p<0.001), presenting convergent and divergent validity. Factor analysis and Varimax Rotation provide evidence that the Persian version encompasses three underlying constructs for ADL and BN, as the original scale. The CWBS showed acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha: 0. 0.842) and satisfactory test-retest reliability within 2.5 weeks interval (intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.872 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.827 to 0.906)) for 14 items.Conclusions: The results showed the Persian adapted version of CWBS complies the validity and reliability of the criteria required. The scale can be employed in practice and research to assess well-being in Iranian caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. Registration number: (registration no.97-01-08-18819).

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Holistic Well-being Scale for the Turkish population

Journal of Psychiatric Nursing ◽

10.14744/phd.2019.26213 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sevcan Toptaş Kılıç

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Psychometric Testing ◽

Well Being ◽

Turkish Population ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation

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Factors associated with well-being in the context of cross-cultural adaptation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e570662013-045 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Yu

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Factors Associated

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Filial Responsibility protocol for use in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0479 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 1268-1276 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Marines Aires ◽

Fernanda Laís Fengler Dal Pizzol ◽

Duane Mocellin ◽

Idiane Rosset ◽

Eliane Pinheiro de Morais ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Adult Child ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Filial Responsibility ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Elderly Parents ◽

Psychometric Measures ◽

Back Translation

ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a cross-cultural adaptation of the Filial Responsibility protocol for use in Brazil with adult child caregivers for elderly parents. Method: A methodological study that included the steps of initial translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, committee of experts, pre-test, evaluation of psychometric measures and submission to authors. The protocol comprises a qualitative step, closed questions and seven scales: Filial Expectation, Subsidiary Compassion, Caregiver burden, Life Satisfaction, Personal Well-being and Quality of Relationships. Results: The final version in Portuguese was applied, through a pre-test, to a sample of 30 caregivers for elderly parents. In order to verify internal consistency, we used Cronbach’s alpha coefficient: Filial Expectation (α = 0.64), Filial Duty (α = 0.65), Satisfaction with Life (α = 0.75), Personal Wellbeing (α = 0.87). Final considerations: The Brazilian version presented good conceptual and face equivalence. The results demonstrate that the concepts used in the Canadian protocol are applicable in the Brazilian context.

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Cross-cultural Adaptation Index of Chinese Expatriates in Malaysia: Extended Location-Specific Advantages

GATR Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review - GATR Global Journal of Business and Social Science Review (GJBSSR) Vol.7(1) Jan-Mar 2019 ◽

10.35609/gjbssr.2017.5.3(3) ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 09-17

Author(s):

Kui Ming Tiong ◽

Ming Yu Cheng

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Cultural Distance ◽

Psychological Adaptation ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Sociocultural Adaptation ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

The Cross ◽

Adaptation Index ◽

Oli Paradigm

Objective - In the fast changing globalizing and liberalizing world, the concern is not only on the location-specific advantages of a host country but also on how multinational enterprises manage to survive ex-post entry in a different environment. The cultural distance between the home and host countries thus plays an important role in this context. Empirical studies have shown that cultural distance and cross-cultural adaptation are interrelated, and there is a moderating role played by cultural distance on the cross-cultural adaptation. The cross-cultural adaptation is thus an important dimension to be considered in order to extend the L-advantages. Many studies have been conducted to build a cultural distance scale. Yet only a few studies have been conducted to construct a cross-cultural adaptation scale. This study thus aims to build a cross-cultural adaptation index. Methodology/Technique - The index is built based on the data collected from Chinese expatriates through in-depth interviews and questionnaire surveys. Findings - Two simple cross-cultural adaptation scales were built. These are the Simple Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SSAS) and Psychological Adaptation Scale (SPAS) with seven pillars. An average index score was computed for each pillar. Living (78.79), interaction (69.19), regulative (64.02), work (85.61), psychological well-being (68.33), satisfaction (63.64), and intention to stay (62.12). The sociocultural adaptation index scored 76.57, while the psychological adaptation index scored 65.91. Novelty - This study provides insights for better understanding of Malaysian cultural environment to investors, expatriates, and policymakers as well as to extend and enrich the OLI paradigm. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Extended location-specific advantages; Cross-cultural adaptation index; Sociocultural adaptation; Psychological adaption; OLI paradigm. JEL Classification: F21, G14, Z13.

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