Developing Instruments for Cross-Cultural Psychiatric Research

1988/05/01 by JOSEPH A. FLAHERTY, Joseph A. Flaherty, F. MOISES GAVIRIA +11 · 27 citations
Psychology · Health Professions · #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Community Health and Development

paper · doi:10.1097/00005053-198805000-00001

Abstract

The growth of cross-cultural psychiatry is now occurring at a time when psychiatry in general is emphasizing diagnostic clarity and the use of quantifiable and reliable methods of collecting clinical and research data. It is now imperative that cross-cultural psychiatry also examine its methods for developing instruments for use in cross-cultural research. This paper outlines a method for developing instruments designed in one culture for use in a second, and particular attention is given to cross-cultural validity or equivalence. Five types of equivalence are enumerated and defined: content, semantic, technical, criterion, and conceptual equivalence. These concepts are illustrated by examples from the authors' experience in research on internal migrants in Peru.

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