Intergenerational Relationships in Cross-Cultural Comparison

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1159-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Nauck ◽  
Jana Suckow
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Exchange Relationships ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Network Composition

The article explores the relevance of intergenerational relationships within the overall network of young mothers and grandmothers in seven societies: Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Israel, and Germany. The empirical base is 2,945 named network members in 249 pairs of interviews of grandmothers and their daughters from a cross-cultural pilot study. The network composition of both generations and the network activities with spouses, daughters, and mothers is described. The results confirm the high exclusivity and expressivity of the conjugal family in societies with an affinal kinship regime and the high, lifelong significance of instrumental and expressive exchange relationships between mothers and daughters in patrilineal societies. Furthermore, in all societies, common expressive activities are decisive for the perceived quality of the intergenerational relationships, whereas instrumental activities are without any influence even in those societies where they are of great importance for the intergenerational relationships.

Online version of the food allergy quality of life questionnaire-adult form: validity, feasibility and cross-cultural comparison

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Goossens ◽  
B. M. J. Flokstra-de Blok ◽  
B. J. Vlieg-Boerstra ◽  
E. J. Duiverman ◽  
C. C. Weiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison

Using the Short Form-36 with Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Five Countries: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilian Pfennings ◽  
Leo Cohen ◽  
Deborah Miller ◽  
Laurent Gerbaud ◽  
Luc Vleugels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Questionnaires measuring health-related quality of life are increasingly used in international studies of medical effectiveness. It is important to know if data from these instruments are comparable across countries. We initiated a collaboration among five research groups—from the USA, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the UK—in the field of health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis. All groups used the 36-item Short Form Health Survey. The goal of our study was to make a cross-cultural comparison. In the five countries under study the sample size varied from 50 to 134 patients with multiple sclerosis. The survey was completed by a total of 457 patients, who were heterogeneous in relation to age, duration of illness, severity and type of multiple sclerosis. There appeared to be major differences among the samples in scores on each of the eight scales. These findings may be influenced by differences in method of recruitment, demographic and disease-related characteristics, administration, and cultural factors. After having performed a number of analyses, it appeared that the differences were mainly attributable to sampling effects; however, cultural influences could not be excluded.

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