Developing multiple language versions of instruments for intercultural research

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Erkut, Sumru ^a  

^a Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence; Instruments; Intercultural research; Measures; Translation; Western bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951654785     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00111.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Standards for educational and psychological testing 1999, Washington, DC, American Educational Research Association
2. Bontempo R. Translation fidelity of psychological scales: An item-response theory analysis of an individualism-collectivism scale. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1993, 24:149-166.
3. Brislin R W. Back-translation for cross-cultural research. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1970, 1:185-216.
4. Brislin R W. Back-translation methods: The wording and translation of research instruments. Cross-cultural research methodology series: Vol. 8. Field methods in cross-cultural psychology 1986, 137-164. Lonner W JBerry J W. In, Eds, pp, Beverly Hills, CA, Sage
5. Bullinger M, Alonso J, Apolone G, Leplege A, Sullivan M, Wood-Dauphinee S. Translating health status questionnaires and evaluating their quality: The IQOLA project approach. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998, 51:913-923.
6. Campbell D T, Fiske D W. Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. Psychological Bulletin 1959, 56:81-105.
7. Campbell D T, Stanley J C. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research 1963, Boston, Houghton Mifflin
8. DeVos G. Dimensions of the self in Japanese culture. Culture and self: Asian and Western perspectives 1985, 141-184. Marcella A JDeVos GHsu F L K. In, Eds, pp, New York, Tavistock
9. Erkut S, Alarcón O, García Coll C, Tropp L R, Vázquez García H A. The dual-focus approach to creating bilingual measures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1999, 30:206-218.
10. Foucault M. The birth of the clinic: An archeology of medical perception 1975, (A. M. Sheridan Smith, Trans.), New York, Vintage
11. García Coll C T, Magnuson K. The psychological experience of immigration: A developmental perspective. Immigration and the family: Research and policy on US immigrants 1997, 91-131. Booth A, In, Ed, pp, Hillsdale, NJ, Erlbaum
12. Geertz C. Local knowledge: Further essays in interpretive anthropology 1983, New York, Basic Books
13. Gergen K J, Gülerce A, Lock A, Misra G. Psychological science in cultural context. American Psychologist 1996, 51:496-503.
14. Greenfield P M. Independence and interdependence as developmental scripts: Implications for theory, research, and practice. Cross-cultural roots of minority child development 1994, 1-37. Greenfield P MCocking R R. In, Eds, pp, Hillsdale, NJ, Erlbaum
15. Hulin C L. Psychometric theory of evaluations of item and scale translations-Fidelity across languages. Journal of Cross-Cultural Research 1987, 18:115-142.
16. Kaĝitçibasi Ç. Socialization in a traditional society: A challenge to psychology. International Journal of Psychology 1984, 19:145-157.
17. Kaĝitçibasi Ç Family, self, and human development across cultures: Theory and applications 2007, New York, Routledge
18. Larkin P J, Dierckx de Casterlé B, Schotsmans P. Multilingual translation issues in qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research 2007, 17:468-476.
19. Linguistic validation methodology http://www.mapi-institute.com/linguistic-validation/methodology, n.d, Retrieved January 8, 2010, from
20. Marshall A, Batten S. Ethical issues in cross-cultural research. Connections '03 2003, 139-151. Roth W-M, In, Ed, pp, Victoria, Canada, University of British Columbia
21. Maxwell B. Translation and cultural adaptation of the survey instruments. Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Tech. Rep.: Vol. I. Design and development 1996, 1-9. Martin M OKelly D L. In, Eds, pp, Chestnut Hill, MA, Boston College
22. Moghaddam F M. Psychology in the three worlds: As reflected by the crisis in social psychology and the move toward indigenous third-world psychology. American Psychologist 1987, 42:912-920.
23. Nasser R. A method for social scientists to adapt instruments from one culture to another: The case of the Job Description Index. Journal of Social Sciences 2005, 1:232-237.
24. Olmedo E L. Testing linguistic minorities. American Psychologist 1981, 36:1078-1085.
25. Peña E D. Lost in translation: Methodological considerations in cross-cultural research. Child Development 2007, 78:1255-1264.
26. Rogler L H. Methodological sources of cultural insensitivity in mental health research. American Psychologist 1999, 54:424-433.
27. Shadish W, Cook T, Campbell D. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference 2002, Boston, Houghton Mifflin
28. Sinha J. Toward partnership for relevant research to the Third World. Indian Journal of Psychology 1984, 19:169-178.
29. Streiner D L, Norman G R. Health measurement scales 1995, 2nd ed., Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press
30. Werner O, Campbell D T. Translating, working through interpreters, and the problem of decentering. A handbook of method in cultural anthropology 1970, 398-420. Naroll R, Cohen R. In, Eds, pp, New York, The Natural History Press
31. Process of translation and adaptation of instruments http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/translation/en/index.html, n.d, Retrieved June 21, 2008, from