Crosscultural adaptation of an outcome questionnaire. Ted ward, a missiologist, has said that commonalties outweigh differences among people. Cross cultural adaptation is a process that looks at both translational and cultural issues when a questionnaire is being prepared for use in another country than the original. The first stage is to assess if there is the same relationship between the questionnaire and underlying concept in both the original and target setting 2, 3. International journal of intercultural relations, 30, 159183. Kim argues that all human beings experience conformity as they move into a new and culturally unfamiliar environment and that they do so by unlearning who they were originally. Oct 10, 2014 cross culture adaptation young yun kims theory of cross cultural adaptationhookes law 24. It emphasizes crosscultural experiences and social integration. Reflecting multidisciplinary and multisocietal approaches, this collection presents 14 theoretical or researchbased essays dealing with cross cultural adaptation of individuals who are born and raised in one culture and find themselves in need of modifying their customary life patterns in a foreign culture. Oberg, 1960, where a migrant moves from initial excitement about the new place into a crisis, and then to adjustment. This text deals with cross cultural adaptation of immigrants, refugees and sojourners and presents interdisciplinary theory in anthropology, communication, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and linguistics. Cross cultural adaptation of healthrelated qol measures application of the guidelines study characteristics a description of the content of the 17 studies analysed is given in table 4. While this is an improvement on the straightline method, it remains deficient. Going abroad many authors have theorized and researched the notion of crosscultural adaptation, which entails moving from one culture to another culture, usually but not always learning the rules, norms, customs, and language of the new culture.
Crosscultural adaptation and validation of psychological. Explanation of the process for cultural adaptation of evidence based. This multidisciplinary volume considers the crosscultural adaptation process from psychological, sociological, anthropological and communication perspectives. Kims research into crosscultural adaptation began in the 1970s through a survey of korean immigrants in the chicago area. Introduction to cross cultural ministry the bible is multicultural the bible is a crosscultural cc training document. These onsite instructor led training programs of the cmct india practice are offered in oneday seminar and halfday workshop formats. Spanish translation, crosscultural adaptation, and. Recommendations for the crosscultural adaptation of the. The stages of cross cultural adjustment based on the ucurve theory by oberg culture shock a word to the student who has decided to explore the world you went through a number of preparations in order to come to uga.
Mar 23, 2017 kims research into cross cultural adaptation began in the 1970s through a survey of korean immigrants in the chicago area. This is where they will overlook minor problems and look forward to learning new things. University of groningen the intercultural adaptation of. Cultural competence and identity in cross cultural adaptation. The process of cross cultural adaptation tries to produce equivalency between source and target based on content. There are important reasons favoring the transfer and crosscultural test adaptation over the construction of local new instruments. The process of crosscultural adaptation tries to produce equivalency between source and target based on content. Sixty five patients with neck pain completed the ndi ar twice over one week, to assess its testretest reliability. Integrating intercultural communication and crosscultural psychology. Hongmei pang tsinghua university l adaptation of chinese students to their study and life in the u. In addition it is important to assess that items within the instrument are.
It subsequently expanded to study other immigrant and refugee groups in the united states to include american indians, japanese and mexican americans, and southeast asian refugees. The goal of the cultural adaptation workshops is to adapt 3 documents, which will provide your community with a unique family program that. In gordons view, immigrants begin their adaptation to their new country through cultural assimilation, or acculturation. Intercultural adaptation is an infinite game played by souls haunted by their own cultural spirits. Theorizing intercultural adaptation from the perspective. To translate, crossculturally adapt, and validate the questionnaire. Crosscultural adaptation of an environmental health. Crosscultural adaptations should be considered for several different scenarios.
The knowledge gained from this study will help shortterm study abroad facilitators develop programs that will allow students to positively adapt to the culture. Cross culture adaptation young yun kims theory of cross cultural adaptationhookes law 24. The analysis of a trait across cultural populations can lead to new insights. Translation and crosscultural adaptation the item and conceptual equivalence were simultaneously evaluated by a panel consisting of three competent evaluators. Guidelines for the process of crosscultural adaptation of self. To be consistent with aum, we adopted ward 2001s conceptualization of crosscultural adaptation that integrates sociocultural and psychological adaptation. Translation, cross cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the german version of the coping strategies questionnaire csqd. Cultural adaptation of health communication materials. Newcomers learn to make adjustments in their original cultural habits and are able to attain a level of efficacy in the new environment. An infinite game, according to carse 1986, is not for the purpose of winning, but for the purpose of continuing the play p. Reflecting multidisciplinary and multisocietal approaches, this collection presents 14 theoretical or researchbased essays dealing with crosscultural adaptation of individuals who are born and raised in one culture and find themselves in need of modifying their customary life. The cultural adaptation process during a shortterm study. Thus, intercultural adaptation is a continuing process of interaction between two cultural beings.
The term crosscultural adaptation is used to encompass a process which looks at both language translation and cultural adaptation issues in the process of preparing a questionnaire for use in another setting. The localisation process is most generally related to the cultural adaptation and translation of software, video games, and websites, as well as audiovoiceover, video, or other multimedia content, and less frequently to any written translation which may also involve cultural adaptation processes. The localisation process is most generally related to the cultural adaptation and translation of software, video games, and websites, as well as audiovoiceover, video, or other multimedia content, and less frequently to any written translation. The english version of the ndi was translated into arabic ndiar and backtranslated according to established guidelines. A validation study of the crosscultural adaptability.
Language proficiency and crosscultural adaptation as part. It is also shown, among other relationships reported on here, that expatriates accompanied by their partners or family members display better crosscultural adaptation and job performance. Before this work a japanese version of the toronto extremity salvage score tess, a diseasespecific patientcompleted questionnaire widely used to assess the physical function of patients with musculoskeletal tumors, had not been developed. Pdf crosscultural adaptation and evaluation of the. Crosscultural adaptation and validation of psychological instruments. Integrating intercultural communication and cross cultural psychology. Validation in different languages scheme references for cross cultural validations.
This paper presents an intercultural adaptation model iam which focuses specifically on illustrating the process of communicative adjustment during initial cross. A study of chinese immigrant childrens cross cultural adaptation in canada. The term crosscultural adaptation is used to encompass a process that looks at both language trans lation and cultural adaptation issues in the process of preparing a questionnaire for use in another setting. Table 1 shows a suggested sequence of the crosscultural adaptation process. Crosscultural adaptation theory by tristan goodwin on prezi. Crosscultural adaptation of healthrelated quality of life. Crosscultural adaptation and validation of the japanese. Thinkpairshare how do assumptions shape our understanding of the process of crosscultural adaption. The first reason is mainly scientific and has a comparative flavor. Some considerations1 juliane callegaro borsa2 bruno figueiredo damasio denise ruschel bandeira universidade federal do rio grande do sul, porto alegrers, brazil abstract. Is the process different for immigrants, refugees and diplomats, or do all individuals in a new cultural milieu share common adaptation experiences. Language proficiency and crosscultural adaptation as part of. Later on some scholars expanded the ucurve into a wcurve, where they also.
Crosscultural adaptation of healthrelated qol measures application of the guidelines study characteristics a description of the content of the 17 studies analysed is given in table 4. Translation, crosscultural adaptation, reliability, and. The adaptation of psychological instruments is a complex process that requires a high methodological. This study aimed at translating and adapting the healthcare waste management rapid assessment tool hcwmrat, proposed by the world health organization, to a brazilian portuguese version, and resolving its cultural and legal issues. We do so by using insights from cultural evolutionary theory and by examining smallscale societies as case studies. This text deals with crosscultural adaptation of immigrants, refugees and sojourners and presents interdisciplinary theory in anthropology, communication, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and linguistics. Crosscultural adaptation 319 the psychological model from which it is drawn is an old one, and other investigators well before now have asserted their conviction that crosscultural adaptation should be viewed as an instance of the critical life events that dog the human condition. A member of any culture can use it safely to relate both to god and to fellow humans. Cross cultural adaptation may 2010 back to the ict theory connections theory information description young yun kims cross cultural adaptation theory is underpinned by two central questions.
Periodic assessment is one of the recommendations for improving healthcare waste management worldwide. The relationship between international students and cross. Recommendations for the crosscultural adaptation of the dash. Kim has developed an integrative communication theory of cross cultural adaptation which conceives adaptation as a dialectic process of the stress adaptation growth dynamic that gradually leads to greater functional fitness and psychological health with regards to the host environment. It emphasizes cross cultural experiences and social integration. Translation, adaptation and validation of instruments or scales for use in cross. The cross cultural adaptation of chinese students in the u. Cultural adaptation of a childrens weight management programme.
Table 1 shows a suggested sequence of the cross cultural adaptation process. The purpose of this study was crosscultural adaptation and validation of the englishlanguage version of the tess. Spine volume 25, number 24, pp 31863191 2000, lippincott. Young yun kims assimilation theory of crosscultural adaptation maintains that human transformation takes only one path, assimilative. The assumption that is sometimes made is that this process will ensure retention of psychometric properties such as validity and reliability at an item andor a scale level. A total of 63 chinese students in three main universities in the southeastern part of u. Translation, crosscultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the german version of the coping strategies questionnaire csqd.
Some instruments have been adapted to another language by different research teams addressing different aspects of the adaptation. Winkelmans 1994 four stages stages of cultural adaptation. Pdf crosscultural adaptation, reliability and validity. Page 1 cultural conformity and adaptation american value system personal achievement work morality right vs. Theoretical and pedagogical implications abstract while psychology and communication have borrowed theories and methodologies from each other, much scholarly discussion tends to focus on the flow from psychology to communication. Crosscultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the falls efficacy scale international among elderly brazilians fesibrazil. Cross culture adaptation conclusionrecommendations. The sociocultural adaptation, openness to culture and.
Learn how you can help wikiversity to develop it stages of cultural adaptation. Language proficiency and crosscultural adaptation as part of crosscultural communication competence a study of an ethnically diverse team in a multinational company in sweden deqa farah and valentina vuniqi jonkoping international business school, jonkoping universit sweden, may 2012 masters thesis within business administration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the sourthern management association. Exploring educational and cultural adaptation through social. Though cultural assimilation is a necessary first step, ethnic groups may remain distinguished from one another because of spatial isolation and lack of contact. Thinkpairshare how do assumptions shape our understanding of the process of cross cultural adaption. Pdf cultural competence and identity in crosscultural. The assumptions people travel and move to foreign environments for many different reasons. Multilevel processes and cultural adaptation ecology and society. Introduction to cross cultural ministry the bible is multi cultural the bible is a cross cultural cc training document. This multidisciplinary volume considers the cross cultural adaptation process from psychological, sociological, anthropological and communication perspectives. Seminars and workshops cross cultural skills for working.
A validation study of the crosscultural adaptability inventory. Cultural communication competence and psychological adjustment. The processes the basics of crosscultural adaptation theory the stressadaptationgrowth dynamic when we experience stress from being in an unfamiliar cultural environment we gain the ability to communicate in accordance with the norms and practices of the host culture and. Organizational crosscultural adaptation through social. There are different models for the intercultural adaptation process. It is now recognized that if measures are to be used across cul tures, the items must not only be translated well linguis tically, but also must be adapted culturally.
Learn about the customs and habits of the new country. To further illustrate how the adaptation process was undertaken, an example of the process is given in additional file 1. The study, in the chinabased contexts, confirms the existence of links between crosscultural adaptation, job performance and other factors. Exploring communication competence and psychological. Business expatriates crosscultural adaptation and their. Theorizing intercultural adaptation from the perspective of. The processes the basics of cross cultural adaptation theory the stress adaptation growth dynamic when we experience stress from being in an unfamiliar cultural environment we gain the ability to communicate in accordance with the norms and practices of the host culture and. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice april 2011, 17 2, pg. Original article cross cultural translation and adaptation. Ehp30 has been translated into swedish but has not yet been crossculturally adapted. This is where excitement turns to disappointment and there are. For instance, a traditional viewpoint has been to see the process as a ucurve lysgaard, 1955. There are important reasons favoring the transfer and cross cultural test adaptation over the construction of local new instruments.
An exploratory study of crosscultural adaptation of adolescent taiwanese unaccompanied sojourners in canada. Crosscultural adaptation of the developmental coordination disorder questionnaire dcdq 07 for the population of polish children article pdf available in biomedical human kinetics 81. We present a concise definition of cultural intelligence as a system of interacting abilities, describe how these elements interact to produce culturally intelligent behavior, and then. Crosscultural adaptation of healthrelated quality of. These onsite instructor led training programs of the cmct india practice are offered in one. Crosscultural adaptation of the swedish version of. Integrating intercultural communication and crosscultural. We should differentiate between different types of crosscultural travel.
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