Birth Order and Age at Marriage in the Arab Levant

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1236-1238 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Terry Prothro ◽  
Lutfy N. Diab
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
American University ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
American University Of Beirut ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to test the cross-cultural validity of the relationship found in Western samples between birth order and age at marriage. Data on birth order and actual age at marriage were obtained through individual interviews with 84 Arab Moslem wives in Damascus, while data on birth order and ideal best-marriage-ages were obtained from a sample of 142 undergraduate Arab students at the American University of Beirut, consisting of 74 Christians and 68 Moslems. In general, the results showed no significant differences in mean actual ages at marriage between firstborn and later born wives or husbands. Furthermore, regardless of sex, no significant differences were found between firstborn and later born ideal best-marriage-ages. These findings throw doubt on the relationship found previously between birth order and age at marriage.

Cross-Cultural Study of Some Correlates of Birth Order

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1137-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutfy N. Diab ◽  
E. Terry Prothro
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
College Attendance ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the present study was to test the cross-cultural validity of the relationship found in Western samples between birth order and college attendance, volunteering behavior, and level of academic achievement. Information concerning birth order and family size was obtained on three sub-samples: (a) 200 freshman Arab students, (b) 97 Arab undergraduates, and (c) 45 Arab undergraduates placed on the Dean's Honor List. Ss in samples (b) and (c) were asked whether they would volunteer to participate in small group experiments or not. In general, the results obtained in this study do not corroborate previous findings on birth order. Thus, firstborns were not found to attend college in greater numbers than later borns. Furthermore, firstborns were not found to volunteer for small group experiments in greater numbers than later borns, nor was there any significant relationship found between birth order and level of academic achievement.

The Cross-Cultural Validity of the Child Sexual Abuse Myth Scale: A Preliminary Investigation

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Collings ◽  
Lotten Lindblom ◽  
Sylvester N. Madu ◽  
Myung Sook Park
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
The Cross

scholarly journals Translation and Cross-cultural Validation of the English Young Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire (YABOQ) in Spanish

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 640-646
Author(s):  
Keri J S Brady ◽  
Pengsheng Ni ◽  
Gabrielle G Grant ◽  
Catherine R Thorpe ◽  
Deborah Nadler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Outcome Questionnaire ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Burn Survivors ◽  
The Cross

Abstract The Young Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire (YABOQ) is a validated, English-language patient-reported outcome assessment of young adults’ recovery from burn injury across 15 scale domains. We evaluated the cross-cultural validity of a newly developed Spanish version of the YABOQ. Secondary data from English- and Spanish-speaking burn survivors (17 to 30 years of age) were obtained from the Multicenter Benchmarking Study. We conducted classic psychometric analyses and evaluated the measurement equivalence of the English and Spanish YABOQs in logistic and ordinal logistic regression differential item functioning analyses. All multi-item scales in the Spanish YABOQ demonstrated adequate reliability except the Pain and Itch scales. One item in the Perceived Appearance scale showed differential item functioning across English- and Spanish-speaking burn survivors, but the observed differential item functioning had no clinically significant impact on scale-level Perceived Appearance scores. Our findings support the cross-cultural validity of the YABOQ Physical Function, Perceived Appearance, Sexual Function, Emotion, Family Function, Family Concern, Satisfaction with Symptom Relief, Satisfaction with Role, Work Reintegration and Religion scales among English- and Spanish-speaking young adult burn survivors. This work supports the use of these English and Spanish YABOQ scales to assess the effect of therapeutic interventions on young adults’ burn outcomes in pooled analyses and to assess disparities in young adults’ burn outcomes across language groups.

scholarly journals Examining the cross‐cultural validity of the positive affect and negative affect schedule between an Asian (Singaporean) sample and a Western (American) sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean T. H. Lee ◽  
Andree Hartanto ◽  
Jose C. Yong ◽  
Brandon Koh ◽  
Angela K.‐y. Leung
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
American Sample ◽  
The Cross

172P EXAMINING THE CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDITY OF THE EORTC QLO-LC13 LUNG CANCER SPECIFIC MODULE IN TURKISH POPULATION

Lung Cancer ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. S70
Author(s):  
F. Ataman ◽  
N. Songur ◽  
S. Kaya ◽  
C. Ozdilekcan ◽  
U. Turay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
The Cross

Personal Factors Underlying Resilience in Adolescence: Cross-Cultural Validity of the Prince-Embury Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Villasana ◽  
Jesús Alonso-Tapia ◽  
Miguel A. Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Mastery

AbstractResiliency personality factors are supposed to underlie resilience. To get evidence on this supposition, the Prince-Embury scales (PES) for adolescents were adapted to the Spanish population. Then, the relationship between theresiliencyvariablessense of mastery,sense of relatednessandemotional reactivity-assessed with the PES- withresilience-assessed with theSubjective Resilience Questionnaire(SRQ)- were analyzed, as well as the role of social integration within this relationship. Data from 1083 adolescents were analyzed using confirmatory techniques (CFA, PALV). CFA of PES displayed a good fit to the model (CFI: .95). Path-analysis showed thatsense of masteryandemotional reactivitypredict resilience as expected, but also that, contrary to expectations based on Prince-Embury’s theory, sense of relatedness and resilience are not related, either directly, or through social integration. Being related and socially integrated probably favors well-being, but it may not favor resilience unless associated to Sense of Mastery, at least in adolescence.

A Rasch model analysis to test the cross-cultural validity of the EuroQoL-5D in the Schizophrenia Outpatient Health Outcomes Study

2003 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Prieto ◽  
D. Novick ◽  
J. A. Sacristán ◽  
E. T. Edgell ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Euroqol 5D ◽  
Outcomes Study ◽  
The Cross

Hemisphere lateralization differences

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hiser ◽  
Junko Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
American University ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
The Cross ◽  
American Left

This paper reports on a cross-cultural study comparing the lateralization preferences between Japanese and American university students in Japan. The cross-cultural literature points to stereotypical descriptors which are similar to lateralization descriptors which provide significant differences in content when investigated by survey among the two ethnic groups. Cultural descriptors for the two groups are defined and the issue of preference for statistical- vs. feeling-oriented support for controversial local issues is linked theoretically to the left vs. right hemisphere preferences, but proves of limited validity for the study. Final results for the Japanese sub-sample for lateralization preference (64%) show a tendency for right-hemisphere processing preference over an American left-hemisphere preference (65%) in the same area.

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