Validity Issues in Quantitative Migrant Health Research : The Example of Illness Perceptions
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Challenges in Public Health
ISBN-10
3631594488
ISBN-13
9783631594483
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 20th, 2010
Print length
118 Pages
Weight
342 grams
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15.60 x 21.80 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology & anthropologyPsychologyPublic health & preventive medicineClinical psychology
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Using the example of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), the authors demonstrate that instruments known to be valid and reliable in source populations may lead to biased results when applied to migrant populations.
Researchers studying the health of migrants frequently use standard quantitative instruments to assess psychological constructs. Such instruments are often validated only in the respective source population of migrants. For example, when studying Turkish migrants in Germany, instruments validated in Turkey are applied. However, considerable differences in culture and language may have developed between migrants and their source population. These differences limit the validity and reliability of quantitative instruments, a problem that is often overlooked. Using the example of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), the authors demonstrate that instruments known to be valid and reliable in source populations may lead to biased results when applied to migrant populations.
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