Toward a Cross-Cultural Perspective of Family Caregiving

This article is partofa symposium that explores the issues involved in developing cross-culturally equivalent conceptualizations and measures for studying family caregiving. The examples used are from the instrument development phase of an ongoing program of research designed to generate and test a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Western journal of nursing research 1996-06, Vol.18 (3), p.236-251
Hauptverfasser: Phillips, Linda R., Luna, Isela, Russell, Cynthia K., Baca, Gloria, Lim, Young Mi, Cromwell, Sandra L., de Ardon, Esperanza Torres
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article is partofa symposium that explores the issues involved in developing cross-culturally equivalent conceptualizations and measures for studying family caregiving. The examples used are from the instrument development phase of an ongoing program of research designed to generate and test a theory that explains the quality of family caregivingforfrail elders at home. This article provides the backgroundfor the symposium by introducing the symposium's unifying theme: cross-cultural equivalence. The process described is based on the experiences of the cross-cultural research team and Berry's model for developing cross-culturally equivalent research.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456
DOI:10.1177/019394599601800302