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Identifier
Thesis
1663
Author
Joseph, Wilnise
Title
The
Examination
of the
Cross-Cultural
Sensitivity
of the
Symptom
Checklist-90-R
Among
People
of
African
Descent
Publisher
Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication
2002
Resource Type
Master's Thesis
Abstract
Issues
in
psychological
testing
of
minorities
have
become
problematic
over
the
past
couple
of
years
. With the
population
growth
of
minorities
, there
continues
to be the
need
for
cultural
sensitivity
in
mental
health
services
.
Few
studies
have
investigated
the
relevance
of
ethnic
diversity
in the
assessment
and
understanding
of
specific
psychological
problems
among
distinct
ethnic
groups
.
Similarly
,
little
attention
has been
paid
to
issues
regarding
validity
, the
use
of
normative
samples
, and the
interpretation
problems
of
psychological
tests
.
Most
of the
psychological
research
uses
data
from a
White
population
to
set
the
normative
standards
of
psychological
symptoms
that are
commonly
known
to
practitioners
.
Many
people
have
argued
that
specific
problems
exist
in
psychological
testing
among
minority
groups
because
the
tests
are not
valid
across
different
ethnic
groups
,
so
the
White
norms
may
not be
valid
. The
difficulties
of
obtaining
accurate
results
are in the
collection
of
data
across
these
ethnic
and
cultural
groups
.
Moreover
,
Blacks
living
in the
United
States
are
usually
categorized
by
race
and
seen
as a
homogenous
group
. The
Symptom
Checklist-90-Revised
(SCL-90-R
;
Derogatis
,
1974)
is
a
widely
used
test
in
measuring
psychiatric
symptomatology
.
However
,
despite
its
widespread
use
in
minority
populations
,
very
little
attention
has been
paid
in
examining
psychometric
properties
in
minority
groups
. The
purpose
of the
present
study
is
threefold
.
First
, to
compare
the
scores
of the
normative
samples
of the
Symptom
Checklist-90-R
(Derogatis
,
1974)
to a
group
of
people
of
African
descent
.
Second
, to
examine
the
psychometric
properties
of the
SCL-90-R
as a
self-report
measure
for
detecting
psychological
symptoms
in
people
of
African
descent
.
Third
, to
compare
differences
on the
SCL-90-R
among
the
different
groups
of
people
of
African
descent
(e.g.
,
Continental
Africans
,
African-Americans
,
African-Caribbeans
, and
other
people
of
African
descent)
.
One
hundred
ninety-four
people
of
African
descent
age
18
years
and
older
were
recruited
and
administered
the
Symptom
Checklist-90-R
(Derogatis
,
1994)
. The
mean
age
for the
sample
was
31
years
(SD
=
10.98)
. The
results
revealed
that the
scores
of the
African
groups
were
significantly
higher
than the
nonpatient
normative
group
on
all
of the
dimensions
of the
Symptom
Checklist
.
However
, the
inpatient
psychiatric
normative
group
obtained
significantly
higher
scores
than the
African
group
.
When
compared
with the
other
sample
groups
,
Continental
Africans
had
significantly
higher
scores
.
When
the
groups
were
put
into the
five
categories
, the
Urban
African
,
Rural
African
, and the
African-Caribbean
differed
significantly
from
African-Americans
.
However
, the
Continental
Africans
were not
different
from the
African-Caribbean
group
.
It
appears
that
overall
Continental
Africans
obtained
the
highest
scores
on
all
of the
dimensions
. These
findings
suggest
that there are
distinct
ethnic
and
cultural
influences
that
play
a
role
in the
expressions
of
symptomatology
. The
results
from this
study
offer
a
broad
picture
of the
importance
of
cultural
competence
in the
mental
health
field
.
Implications
of these
findings
are
discussed
. The
development
of
new
normative
data
that
includes
greater
numbers
of
different
ethnic
groups
needs
to be
considered
for
further
research
.
Further
,
normative
data
for
each
of the
African
groups
that
include
normal
healthy
control
,
psychiatric
inpatients
, and
psychiatric
outpatients
should be
developed
.
Subject
Blacks -- Psychological testing
Department
Department of Psychology
Advisor
Mate-Kole, C. Charles
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
OCLC number
713735105
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