Strategies for achieving cultural equivalence.
The strategy used by a bicultural research team of Anglos and Mexican Americans to develop cultural equivalence in a cross-cultural study of family caregiving is described. Five sequential stages designed to address Berry's (1969) criteria for cross-cultural research (functional equivalence, a comparative descriptive framework, and language equivalence) are described, including (a) start-up, (b) preparation, (c) pilot testing for language equivalence, (d) pilot testing for operational equivalence, and (e) reevaluation.
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University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson 85721.
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D017028:Caregivers; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D017058:Mexican Americans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015206:Southwestern United States; D014175:Translating; D044465:White People