Cross-Language Measurement Equivalence of Parenting Measures for Use With Mexican American Populations

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 680-689

  Nair, Rajni L ^a   White, Rebecca M B ^a   Knight, George P ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross language equivalence; Mexican American; parenting; Spanish speaking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 70350126799     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016142     Document Type: Article

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