The Dual-Focus Approach to Creating Bilingual Measures.

Erkut, Sumru; Alarcon, Odette; Garcia Coll, Cynthia; Tropp, Linda R.; Vazquez Garcia, Heidie A.

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ERIC Number: EJ585040

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Dual-Focus Approach to Creating Bilingual Measures.

Erkut, Sumru; Alarcon, Odette; Garcia Coll, Cynthia; Tropp, Linda R.; Vazquez Garcia, Heidie A.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v30 n2 p206-18 Mar 1999

Describes the dual-focus approach to creating bilingual measures. This approach includes indigenous researchers from the culture studied as members of a team to develop a concept-driven, rather than translation-driven, research plan and protocol. Illustrates the approach with examples of creating new measures in Spanish and English. (SLD)

Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Researchers, Spanish, Test Construction, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by grant R01-HD30592 from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and Grant MCJ-250643 from the Maternal Child Health Bureau.