Methods and Assessment in Culture and Psychology

Cross-cultural studies require sound methodology and psychometrics. This book outlines advances in assessment from many expert perspectives.

Michael Bender (Edited by), Byron G. Adams (Edited by)

9781108701150, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 February 2021

400 pages
24.9 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg

'This remarkable book, celebrating the legacy of Fons van de Vijver, takes the reader on a voyage from acculturation and identity, through the interaction between individual and context, to statistical, psychometric, and methodological considerations of culture and psychology. It is a must-read for researchers in the field.' Nicolas Geeraert, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex, UK

Significant advancements in methodologies and statistical techniques in cross-cultural psychological research abound, but general practice, education, and most researchers in psychology rarely use them. This leads to misinterpretations, misrepresentations, and prejudice. The authors expertly demonstrate the importance of methodological rigor to safeguard appropriate inferences about similarities and differences, particularly when methods have not been developed in the cultural contexts where they are used. The book features acculturation and identity, including contributions on remote acculturation, religiosity, and organizational contexts. It also covers individual differences and evaluates methodological progress in educational assessment, emotions, motivation, and personality. Methodological and psychometric perspectives on equivalence and bias, as well as measurement invariance in cross-cultural research, are a central theme. From study design to data interpretation, it is essential for psychology, and the social sciences in general, to adopt methods and assessment procedures that are more rigorous for culture-comparative studies.

Part I. Introduction to Methods and Assessment in Culture and Psychology Michael Bender and Byron G. Adam
1. Acculturation and Identity
Part II. Three Generations of Psychological Acculturation Research: Theoretical Advancements and Methodological Challenges David L. Sam and Colleen Ward
Part III. A Road Map for Integrating Religiosity to Acculturation Research Derya Güngör and Karen Phalet
Part IV. Identity in Remote Acculturation: Developments in Research and Methodology Byron G. Adams, Cagla Giray, Gail M. Ferguson
Part V. Acculturation and Diversity Management at Work: The Case of Multicultural South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson, Byron G. Adams, and Michael Bender
2. Individual Differences across Cultures
Part VI. Broadening the Bases of Methodological Rigor in Cross-Cultural Educational Assessment Jia He, Isabel Benítez, and Kutlay Yagmur
Part VII. Individuals, Groups, and Classrooms Conceptual and Methodological Considerations on Studying Approaches to Cultural Diversity in Schools Maja Katharina Schachner, Miriam Schwarzenthal, Peter Noack
Part VIII. Emotion between Universalism and Relativism: Finding a Standard for Comparison in Cross-Cultural Emotion Research Johnny R. J. Fontaine and Seger M. Breugelmans
Part IX. Culture is More than Self-Reported Motives, Beliefs, and Values-Methodological Advancements of Measuring Implicit Motives across Cultural Contexts Athanasios Chasiotis, Jan Hofer, and Michael Bender
Part X. Development of the South African Personality Inventory: A Cross-Cultural Design in a Non-Western Society – Lessons Learned and Generalizability to Other Parts of the World Deon Meiring, J. Alewyn Nel, Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, and Carin Hill
Part XI. Combining Global and Local Approaches in Psycholexical Studies: Glocal Illustrations from Studies on Arabic Pia Zeinoun and Lina Daouk-Öyry
3. Culture and Assessment
Part XII. Psychological Assessment In and Over Time: Challenges of Assessing Psychological Constructs and Processes in Cultural Dynamics Yoshihisa Kashima
Part XIII. Priming Culture(s): How Theories and Methods Inspire Each Other Chi-yue Chiu
Part XIV. The Evolution of Multigroup Comparison Testing across Culture: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives Barbara M. Byrne and David Matsumoto
Part XV. How Far Can Measurement Be Culture-Free? Ronald Fischer and Peter B. Smith.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM], Research methods: general [GPS]