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Multicultural measurement in older populations / John H. Skinner [and others], editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer Pub., [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xiii, 232 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0826122469
  • 9780826122469
Uniform titles:
  • Journal of mental health and aging
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.26072 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061 .M816 2002
Contents:
Part I: Methodological issues in cross-cultural assessment -- Some methodological guidelines for cross-cultural comparisons / Jeanne A. Teresi, Douglas Holmes -- Assessing cross-cultural comparability in mental health among older adults / Jersey Liang -- Statistical methods for examination of differential item functioning (DIF) with applications to cross-cultural measurement of functional, physical and mental health / Jeanne A. Teresi -- Part II: Acculturation, ethnic identity, socioeconomic status and social support -- Acculturation: measures of ethnic accommodation to the dominant American culture / John H. Skinner -- Measuring the socioeconomic status of elderly people in health studies with special focus on minority elderly / Laura Rudkin, Kyriakos S. Markides -- Social support: clarifying the construct with applications for minority populations / Elizabeth J. Mutran, Peter S. Reed, S. Sudha -- Part III: Cognitive function measures and cross-cultural variation -- Performance of cognitive tests among different racial/ethnic and education groups: findings of differential item functioning and possible item bias / Jeanne A. Teresi ... [et al.] -- Cognitive assessment among minority elderly: possible test bias / Mildred Ramírez ... [et al.] -- Part IV: Measurement of health, mental health and quality of life -- Self-assessments of health and functional capacity among older adults / Ronald J. Angel, Michelle L. Frisco -- Cross-cultural assessment of geriatric depression: a review of the CES-D and GDS / Ada C. Mui, Denise Burnette, Li Mei Chen -- Applying health locus of control and John Henryism active coping theories to older African American adults / Marvella E. Ford ... [et al.] -- Use of health-related quality of life measures in older and ethnically diverse U.S. populations / Anna M. Nápoles-Springer, Anita L. Stewart -- Part V: Religiosity and ethnicity -- Advances in the measurement of religiosity among older African Americans: implications for health and mental health researchers / Linda M. Chatters, Robert Joseph Taylor, Karen D. Lincoln -- Afterword: Long-range innovative approach to reducing health disparities / Sidney M. Stahl.
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Published also as v. 7, no. 1, spring 2001, of the Journal of mental health and aging.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Methodological issues in cross-cultural assessment -- Some methodological guidelines for cross-cultural comparisons / Jeanne A. Teresi, Douglas Holmes -- Assessing cross-cultural comparability in mental health among older adults / Jersey Liang -- Statistical methods for examination of differential item functioning (DIF) with applications to cross-cultural measurement of functional, physical and mental health / Jeanne A. Teresi -- Part II: Acculturation, ethnic identity, socioeconomic status and social support -- Acculturation: measures of ethnic accommodation to the dominant American culture / John H. Skinner -- Measuring the socioeconomic status of elderly people in health studies with special focus on minority elderly / Laura Rudkin, Kyriakos S. Markides -- Social support: clarifying the construct with applications for minority populations / Elizabeth J. Mutran, Peter S. Reed, S. Sudha -- Part III: Cognitive function measures and cross-cultural variation -- Performance of cognitive tests among different racial/ethnic and education groups: findings of differential item functioning and possible item bias / Jeanne A. Teresi ... [et al.] -- Cognitive assessment among minority elderly: possible test bias / Mildred Ramírez ... [et al.] -- Part IV: Measurement of health, mental health and quality of life -- Self-assessments of health and functional capacity among older adults / Ronald J. Angel, Michelle L. Frisco -- Cross-cultural assessment of geriatric depression: a review of the CES-D and GDS / Ada C. Mui, Denise Burnette, Li Mei Chen -- Applying health locus of control and John Henryism active coping theories to older African American adults / Marvella E. Ford ... [et al.] -- Use of health-related quality of life measures in older and ethnically diverse U.S. populations / Anna M. Nápoles-Springer, Anita L. Stewart -- Part V: Religiosity and ethnicity -- Advances in the measurement of religiosity among older African Americans: implications for health and mental health researchers / Linda M. Chatters, Robert Joseph Taylor, Karen D. Lincoln -- Afterword: Long-range innovative approach to reducing health disparities / Sidney M. Stahl.

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