Illustrating a mixed-method approach for validating culturally specific constructs

Hitchcock, John H.; Nastasi, Bonnie K.; Dai, David Yun; Newman, Joan; Jayasena, Asoka; Bernstein-Moore, Rachel; Sarkar, Sreeroopa; Varjas, Kristen

doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2005.04.007

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“…This mixed-methods within-group study, in an attempt to begin to redress this gap, identified conceptualizations of positive parenting with a sample of low-income, urban-residing Black parents and translated those conceptualizations into a culturally- and contextually-rooted paper-and-pencil measure. A within-group approach allowed us to honor the reality that parents are social actors who are experts in their own experience and, as such, their voices and experiences must be given a preeminent place in social scientific investigations about their lives (Hitchcock, Nastasi et al, 2005; Johnson et al, 2003; Leong, Leung, & Cheung, 2010; Pillai, 2012). We used an iterative multistage process that included interviews, focus groups, and multiple validity checks in the development of the items of this measure.…”

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An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

McWayne

Mattis

Wright

et al. 2016

Early Education and Development

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Research Findings This within-group exploratory sequential mixed methods investigation sought to identify how ethnically diverse, urban-residing, low-income Black families conceptualize positive parenting. During the item development phase 119 primary caregivers from Head Start programs participated in focus groups and interviews. These qualitative data were content analyzed using a three-stage iterative process that resulted in the development of a final set of 72 items for a paper-and-pencil measure. In the measure validation phase of the study initial construct validity of the 72-item measure was assessed with an independent sample of 665 respondents. Common factor analyses revealed five dimensions of positive parenting on the Black Parenting Strengths in Context (BPSC) scale that related in expected ways with other parent self-report measures. Practice and Policy BPSC dimensions provide initial support for a more nuanced operationalization of positive parenting than currently exists in any single scale for use with this group, and hold promise for better honoring the culture- and context-specific parenting goals and practices that low-income, Black parents subjectively view as important for producing healthy developmental outcomes for their children.

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An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

McWayne

Mattis

Wright

et al. 2016

Early Education and Development

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“…The work presented in the Journal of School Psychology (Hitchcock et al, 2005) illustrated a mixed method approach for this sort of Qual → Quan instrument development and validation. The article offered a detailed illustration of the approach using the responses 611 Sri Lankan adolescents provided to five ethnographically informed psychological measures.…”

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Mixed Methods in Intervention Research: Theory to Adaptation

Nastasi

Hitchcock

Sarkar

et al. 2007

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the application of mixed methods research designs to multiyear programmatic research and development projects whose goals include integration of cultural specificity when generating or translating evidence-based practices. The authors propose a set of five mixed methods designs related to different phases of program development research: (a) formative research, Qual →/+ Quan; (b) theory development or modification and testing, Qual → Quan →/+ Qual → Quan . . . Qual → Quan; (c) instrument development and validation, Qual → Quan; (d) program development and evaluation, Qual →/+ Quan →/+ Qual →/+ Quan . . . Qual →/+ Quan, or Qual →← Quan; and (e) evaluation research, Qual + Quan. We illustrate the application of these designs to creating and validating ethnographically informed psychological assessment measures and developing and evaluating culturally specific intervention programs within a multiyear research program conducted in the country of Sri Lanka.

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“…One of the fundamental reasons for this is that culture can influence the meaning of constructs, which in turn can create a need to investigate their validity when applied to distinct populations (Hitchcock et al, 2005;Nastasi et al, 2004). There is, however, an on-going research program dedicated to developing a mixed-method approach that can generate psychometrically sound instruments that account for cultural factors.…”

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Assessing Adolescents' Understanding of and Reactions to Stress in Different Cultures

Nastasi

Hitchcock

Burkholder

et al. 2007

School Psychology International

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This article expands on an emerging mixed-method approach for validating culturally-specific constructs (see Hitchcock et al., 2005). Previous work established an approach for dealing with cultural impacts when assessing psychological constructs and the current article extends these efforts into studying stress reactions among adolescents in Sri Lanka. Ethnographic data collection and analysis techniques were used to construct scenarios that are stressful to Sri Lankan youth, along with survey items that assess their related coping mechanisms. The data were factor analysed, results were triangulated with qualitative findings, and reliability estimates of resulting scales were obtained. This in turn generated a pilot assessment approach that can be used to measure stress and coping reactions in a distinct culture. Use of the procedures described here could be replicated to generate culturally-specific instruments in international contexts, or when working with ethnic minorities within a given nation. This should in turn generate information needed to develop culturally relevant intervention work.

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Illustrating a mixed-method approach for validating culturally specific constructs

Cited by 57 publications

References 18 publications

An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

An Emic, Mixed-Methods Approach to Defining and Measuring Positive Parenting Among Low-Income Black Families

Mixed Methods in Intervention Research: Theory to Adaptation

Assessing Adolescents' Understanding of and Reactions to Stress in Different Cultures

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