Translation, psychometric evaluation, and preliminary validation of a Zulu version of the SCL-90-R.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Anderson, Stuart James. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shanahan, Sean Francis. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-12T07:56:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-12T07:56:29Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1998 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is seen as a step towards addressing the acute shortage of psychometric instruments that can be validly and reliably used in the assessment of Zulu-speaking individuals. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) , a 90-item multidimensional self-report symptom inventory, was translated into Zulu. A multistage translation procedure, involving back-translation, decentering, and the committee approach was employed. The translated instrument was pretested on a group of Zulu farm workers (N = 12) and revisions made in order to improve its comprehensibility and acceptability to Zulu respondents. The psychometric equivalence of the Zulu and English versions of the SCL-90-R was investigated with bilingual Zulu students (N = 61) . Scale-level factor analysis yielded similar factor structures for both versions, and suggests that the Zulu SCL-90-R may be best utilised as a global measure of psychological distress. Scores at the scale- and item-level were reasonably comparable for the two language versions, although retest effects and apparent bilingual response sets suggest that the bilingual technique may not be a valid means of assessing translation equivalence. Acceptable test-retest reliability and internal consistency measures were obtained, indicating that the translation into Zulu did not adversely affect the reliability of the SCL-90-R. The concurrent validity of the Zulu SCL-90-R was investigated with samples of male psychiatric inpatients (N = 23) and nonpatients (N = 26). The global severity index of the SCL-90-R demonstrated moderate diagnostic efficiency, with a sensitivity of 70% and a specificity of 77%. These results suggest that the Zulu SCL-90-R may be validly utilised for the purpose of screening for mental illness. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4367 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Mental health--South Africa. | en |
| dc.subject | Symptom checklist-90-revised. | en |
| dc.subject | Psychological tests--South Africa--Validity. | en |
| dc.subject | Theses--Psychology. | en |
| dc.subject | Symptom checklist-90-revised (Zulu) | |
| dc.title | Translation, psychometric evaluation, and preliminary validation of a Zulu version of the SCL-90-R. | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |