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Translation, psychometric evaluation, and preliminary validation of a Zulu version of the SCL-90-R.

dc.contributor.advisorAnderson, Stuart James.
dc.contributor.authorShanahan, Sean Francis.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-12T07:56:29Z
dc.date.available2011-11-12T07:56:29Z
dc.date.created1998
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Soc.Sci.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/4367
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectMental health--South Africa.en
dc.subjectSymptom checklist-90-revised.en
dc.subjectPsychological tests--South Africa--Validity.en
dc.subjectTheses--Psychology.en
dc.subjectSymptom checklist-90-revised (Zulu)
dc.titleTranslation, psychometric evaluation, and preliminary validation of a Zulu version of the SCL-90-R.en
dc.typeThesisen

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