title: A process for translating and testing a quantitative measure for cross-cultural nursing research.
abstract: A study was done to translate an English language, original measure of human behavior into Mandarin Chinese. A process used to translate from one language to the other is explained. Internal consistency of both versions of the measures is tested and equivalence across the two versions of the measure was supported.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Palchanes
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009519:New York City; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012107:Research Design