Toward a cross-cultural perspective of family caregiving.
This article is part of a symposium that explores the issues involved in developing cross-culturally equivalent conceptualizations and measures for studying family caregiving. The examples used are from the instrument development phase of an ongoing program of research designed to generate and test a theory that explains the quality of family caregiving for frail elders at home. This article provides the background for the symposium by introducing the symposium's unifying theme: cross-cultural equivalence. The process described is based on the experiences of the cross-cultural research team and Berry's model for developing cross-culturally equivalent research.
Phillips
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College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
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Russell
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Baca
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Lim
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Cromwell
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Torres de Ardon
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015206:Southwestern United States