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Assessing Cultural Adaptation: Psychometric Properties of the Cultural Adaptation Pain Scale
Author(s) -
Sandhu Daya Singh,
Portes Pedro R.,
McPhee Sidney A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1996.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , adaptation (eye) , psychology , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , multiculturalism , social psychology , geography , pedagogy , neuroscience , cartography
This article explores the psychometric properties of a newly developed Cultural Adaptation Pain Scale. This scale is designed to assess the degree of subjective pain, social distance, and discouragement that may be related to cultural adaptation. Factor analyses revealed 4 factors in the scale that had an overall Cronbach's alpha of .85. Implications for multicultural counseling are discussed.