Cross-Cultural Assessment of Functional Ability

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia C. Magalhães ◽  
Anne G. Fisher ◽  
Birgitta Bernspång ◽  
John M. Linacre
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Functional Assessments ◽  
Cultural Assessment

Culture and environment are known to influence performance of activities of daily living. Few functional assessments currently used in rehabilitation address the issue of cultural validity or relevance of the tasks that are used for assessment purposes. The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) addresses this problem by allowing the client to chose assessment tasks that are more relevant in their daily lives. We investigated the cross-cultural validity of the AMPS by contrasting test performance in subjects from two countries: the United States and Sweden. Data on 589 North American and Swedish subjects were submitted to Rasch analysis, and the results supported the validity of the AMPS in each country. Of the 35 AMPS items, only one item, Endures, differed significantly between the two samples. Overall item stability across samples indicated that the results obtained in both countries could be compared in a valid and meaningful way.

Cross-Cultural Validity of the Ruminative Responses Scale in Argentina and the United States

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernán G. Arana ◽  
Kenneth G. Rice
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
Group Self ◽  
Brooding And Reflection ◽  
The U.S

Although frequently used in the United States, the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) has not been extensively studied in cross-cultural samples. The present study evaluated the factor structure of Treynor et al.’s 10-item version of the RRS in samples from Argentina ( N = 308) and the United States ( N = 371). In addition to testing measurement invariance between the countries, we evaluated whether the maladaptive implications of rumination were weaker for the Argentinians than for the U.S. group. Self-critical perfectionism was the criterion in those tests. Partial scalar invariance supported an 8-item version of the RRS. There were no differences in factor means or factor correlations in RRS dimensions between countries. Brooding and Reflection were positively correlated with self-critical perfectionism in both countries, with no significant differences in the sizes of these relations between the two samples. Results are discussed in terms of psychometric and cross-cultural implications for rumination.

Cross-Cultural Assessment of Situational Experience

2019 ◽  
pp. 218-229
Author(s):  
Gwendolyn Gardiner ◽  
Erica Baranski ◽  
Janina Larissa Buehler
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Situational Cues ◽  
Cultural Assessment ◽  
Situational Experience

Cross-cultural psychology can benefit from the incorporation of psychological situations and the investigation of how cultural influences are manifested in our daily lives. In this chapter, we review the current literature on cross-cultural assessments of situations under the framework of cues (objective attributes of a situation), characteristics (meaning or interpretation of cues), and classes (groups of situations based on cues or characteristics). Cultural situational cues, such as the weather or population density, vary both in frequency and in interpretation across countries. Characteristics of situations differ in the meaning individuals ascribe to cues, the affective response to situations based on culture socialization, and the amount of agency or autonomy perceived in situations. Lastly, classes of situations (e.g., education settings, the workplace, romantic relationships), provide a useful method of grouping common situations for understanding cultural differences.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural validity of the Brazilian version of the ABILHAND questionnaire for chronic stroke individuals, based on Rasch analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Basílio ◽  
I Faria-Fortini ◽  
L Magalhães ◽  
F Assumpção ◽  
A Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Chronic Stroke ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Brazilian Version

Why Do Easterners Have Lower Well-Being Than Westerners? The Role of Others’ Approval Contingencies of Self-Worth in the Cross-Cultural Differences in Subjective Well-Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hong Liu ◽  
Yi-Hsing Claire Chiu ◽  
Jen-Ho Chang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Cross

Previous studies have shown that Easterners generally perceive themselves as having lower subjective well-being compared with Westerners, and several mechanisms causing such differences have been identified. However, few studies have analyzed the causes of such differences from the perspective of the cross-cultural differences in the meanings of important life events such as whether people receive approval from others. Specifically, events regarding others’ approval might have different meanings to and influences on Easterners and Westerners. Thus, the degree of fluctuation of people’s views of self-worth in response to these events (i.e., others’ approval contingencies of self-worth [CSW]) probably differs between Easterners and Westerners. This may be a reason for cross-cultural differences in subjective well-being. We investigated two samples of undergraduate students from Taiwan and the United States to examine the mediating role of others’ approval CSW in forming cross-cultural differences in subjective well-being. The results revealed that Taiwanese participants exhibited lower subjective well-being and higher others’ approval CSW than American participants. In addition, others’ approval CSW partially mediated the cross-cultural differences in subjective well-being. Thus, one reason for lower subjective well-being among Easterners was likely that their self-esteem was more prone to larger fluctuations depending on whether they receive approval from others in everyday life.

Cross-cultural validity of the ABILOCO questionnaire for individuals with stroke, based on Rasch analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1310-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Roberto Avelino ◽  
Lívia Castro Magalhães ◽  
Iza Faria-Fortini ◽  
Marluce Lopes Basílio ◽  
Kênia Kiefer Parreiras Menezes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rasch Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity

scholarly journals Forced choice to overcome the cross-cultural response style bias problem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianjun Sun ◽  
Fritz Drasgow
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Impact

Two formats, traditional Likert scale single statements and two-alternative forced choice statements, were administered to samples from the United States and China to examine whether format influences response biases. Examination of response anchor usages and decision making processes from the two samples using an item response tree model yielded conclusions consistent with findings of prior studies--traditional Likert scale single statements exhibited cross-cultural response style differences: Chinese respondents engage in significantly less endpoint endorsement. Such response style differences can produce measurement nonequivalence across cultures. In contrast, a two-alternative forced choice format with Item Response Theory scoring yielded latent trait score estimates substantially correlated with estimates from other measures, demonstrating convergent validity, but with much smaller differences in trait variance across cultural groups. Thus, the two-alternative forced choice format appears to be an effective format for reducing the impact of cross-cultural response style bias. Implications for practice and extensions for further research are discussed.

Influence of Peer Reactions and Student Attitudes on Student Deviance: Differences Between Japan and the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 1876-1895
Author(s):  
Emiko Kobayashi ◽  
David P. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Mixed Support ◽  
Two Samples

The current study examines the cross-cultural applicability of Akers’ social learning theory in explaining why Japanese commit fewer deviant acts than Americans. It is predicted that deviance would be less common in Japan because Japanese have less favorable attitudes toward deviance, which in turn are attributable to less favorable peer reactions to deviance. Analyses of comparable survey data from college students in Japan ( N = 583) and the United States ( N = 615) provide mixed support for our arguments. As expected, Japanese students had less favorable attitudes toward deviance because they had peers who reacted less favorably to deviance. Contrary to expectation, however, even after controlling for student attitudes toward deviance and peer reactions to deviance, the initially large difference between the two samples in student deviance remained significant. This was at least partly because, in Japan, compared with the United States, peer reactions and student attitudes had significantly less influence on student deviance.

scholarly journals Neurocognitive Functions in 3- to 15-Year-Old Children: An International Comparison

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Rosenqvist ◽  
Pekka Lahti-Nuuttila ◽  
Cosimo Urgesi ◽  
James Holdnack ◽  
Sally L. Kemp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Neuropsychological Measures ◽  
Impact Performance ◽  
Neurocognitive Functions

AbstractObjectives: Performance on neurocognitive tasks develops with age, but it is still unknown whether this performance differs between children from different cultures. We compared cross-sectionally the development of neurocognitive functions in 3- to 15-year-old children from three countries: Finland, Italy, and the United States (N=2745). Methods: Language, face memory, emotion recognition, theory of mind, and visuospatial processing subtests from the NEPSY-II standardizations in Finland, Italy, and the United States were used to evaluate if children and adolescents from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds differ in performance on these measures. Results: We found significant differences in performance on the tasks between the countries. Generally, the differences were more pronounced in the younger age groups. Some subtests showed greater country effects than others, performance on these subtests being higher, in general, in one country over the others, or showed different patterns of age associated changes in test performance. Conclusions: Significant differences in neurocognitive performance between children from Finland, Italy, and the United States were found. These findings may be due to cultural or educational differences that impact test performance, or due to factors associated with the adaptation of measures from one culture to another. The finding of performance differences across countries on similar tasks indicate that cross-cultural and background variables impact performance on neuropsychological measures. Therefore, clinicians need to consider a child’s cultural background when evaluating performance on neuropsychological assessments. The results also indicate that future cross-cultural studies are needed to further examine the underlying cultural factors that influence neurocognitive performance. (JINS, 2017, 23, 367–380)

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