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ERIC Number: EJ665041
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1520-3247
Creating Culturally Sensitive and Community-Sensitive Measures of Development.
Busch-Rossnagel, Nancy A.
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n98 p57-65 Win 2002
Argues that research with ethnic minority and subcultural groups is often stymied by measures developed on samples of European Americans. Offers recommendations to help researchers create measures that are sensitive to both the culture and the communities of research participants. Further presents steps used to create measures that are culturally appropriate to the needs of communities served. (SD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Community, Community Characteristics, Community Needs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Relativism; Cultural Sensitivity; Measurement Problems
Note: Theme Issue Topic: "Science for Society: Informing Policy and Practice through Research in Developmental Psychology."