Illustrating a mixed-method approach for validating culturally specific constructs

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-278

  Hitchcock, John H ^a   Nastasi, Bonnie K ^b,g   Dai, David Y ^c   Newman, Joan ^c   Jayasena, Asoka ^d   Bernstein Moore, Rachel ^e   Sarkar, Sreeroopa ^c   Varjas, Kristen ^f  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e Schenectady City School District   (United States)

^f GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validation; Cross cultural research; Mixed method approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544444652     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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