Intervention Development and Cultural Adaptation Research With Diverse Families

Bernal, Guillermo

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00087.x

Cited by 116 publications

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“…Our findings also highlight the importance of culturally sensitive care for these youth that takes into account their language fluency and possible differences that Latino youth of varying language fluency may have in their level of violence exposure and types of symptoms that they may develop. Others have noted how essential it can be to integrate cultural issues into mental health treatment for youth, including the youth and family's expressions of distress, communication styles, migration experiences, family values, and sociopolitical history (Bernal 2006;Hwang 2006;Pumariega et al 2005;Szapocznik et al 1986). Working with cultural liaisons, such as Promotoras (lay health promoters) who have cultural knowledge and clinical expertise, can be one way to improve mental health services to Latino communities (Ngo et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 97%

Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth

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Although Latinos have been a rapidly growing population in the US, little is known about how mental health symptoms may present in Latino children especially in the context of those living in poverty and exposed to violence. We explored the level of violence exposure and trauma symptoms in Latino youth and the relationship of these factors with English language fluency. During 2000-2002, 1,601, Latino students from seven middle schools participated in a school-based screening to identify students with exposure to community violence and symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The students completed a self-report instrument, in either Spanish or English, that combined a modified version of the Life Events Scale and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS). Bivariate analyses and multivariate regression models showed that youth with higher English language fluency reported greater violence exposure and PTSD symptoms than those with lower fluency. No difference was found in functioning by English language fluency. English language fluency appears to be related to violence exposure and PTSD symptoms in these Latino youth. We discuss the importance of school-based programs especially designed to serve Latino students of varying English language fluency.

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Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth

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“…Our effort to translate the WISPI-IV is consistent with recommendations for the need to develop culturally-sensitive assessments for psychological disorders in ethnic minorities (Bernal, 2006;Hall, 2001;Miranda, Nakamura, & Bernal, 2003), making it possible to gather and analyze comparable data to characterize issues that are specific to different ethnic groups (López & Guranaccia, 2000). It is essential to develop an understanding that illnesses in the diagnostic nomenclature are embedded in the cultural origins and economic status of different ethnic groups and subgroups.…”

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confidence: 93%

The Spanish Version of the Wisconsin Personality Disorders Inventory-IV (WISPI-IV): Tests of Validity and Reliability

Benjamin¹,

Klein²,

Alonso³

et al. 2011

Journal of Personality Disorders

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Personality disorders (PD) are a prevalent class of mental disorders that interfere with functioning and cause subjective distress while increasing the intensity and duration of Axis I clinical syndromes, and therefore assessing PD is important even when PDs are not the focus of treatment. The purpose of these studies was to develop and test a new Spanish version of a self-report measure of PD, the Wisconsin Personality Inventory-IV (WISPI-IV) that would be psychometrically equivalent to the English version while also maintaining the same interpersonal content, which is based on Benjamin's analysis of the PD criteria using her Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) model (1974). Study 1 participants completed the WISPI-IV twice over a two-week interval. For Study 2, participants from two sites in Spain and one site in Argentina completed Spanish versions of the WISPI-IV and other personality measures. SASB-analysis of the translated items showed high correspondence between the interpersonal content of the English version and the Spanish version demonstrating theoretical validation in relation to other PD measures. The Spanish WISPI-IV showed satisfactory reliability based on test-retest correlations and alphas for internal consistency. Study 2 showed the Spanish WISPI-IV had good convergent validity with the Spanish versions of the IIP and SCID-II and performed similarly to the English versions of these measures. Our goal in translating the WISPI-IV was to extend this measure to Spanish-speakers in language that would be understood by different Hispanic sub-groups, however research team members and subjects had a variety of suggestions for changes in item wording. This reflects the difficulty with creating a "neutral" Spanish version of any assessment given regional differences.

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“…Adaptation of interventions for this highly individualized subgroup of young women at significant risk of HIV infection, utilizing a gender and power theoretical lens, is lacking and warranted. Moreover, adaptation of evidence based interventions for specific population is most effective when informed by stakeholders within the subgroup [90]. Thus, this study contributes to the body of literature by examining and reporting predictors of sexual scripts among YSSAAW; a rare cross section of a community, seeking care in an ED setting in Houston, a major US metropolitan city.…”

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confidence: 92%

Predictors of Sexual Scripts Among Young, Sexually-Active, Substance- Using African American Women

Hill¹,

Granado²,

Villarreal³

et al. 2017

J AIDS Clin Res

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Intervention Development and Cultural Adaptation Research With Diverse Families

Cited by 116 publications

References 33 publications

Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth

Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth

The Spanish Version of the Wisconsin Personality Disorders Inventory-IV (WISPI-IV): Tests of Validity and Reliability

Predictors of Sexual Scripts Among Young, Sexually-Active, Substance- Using African American Women

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