Reliability and Validity of a Bilingual Measure of Religiosity in English and Vietnamese: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study

This study reports preliminary psychometric findings for a seven-item religiosity scale in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans ages 18 to 83 years (N = 119; 58% women, 42% men). A bilingual survey was distributed to Vietnamese who were evacuated during Hurricane Katrina and had returned...

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Published in:Psychological reports 2011-06, Vol.108 (3), p.756-762
Main Authors: Tran, Thanh V., Chan, Keith, Nguyen, Thuc-Nhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian Americans - psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cyclonic Storms
Disasters
Female
Humans
Louisiana
Male
Middle Aged
Mississippi
Multilingualism
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Pilot Projects
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Religion and Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Vietnam - ethnology
Young Adult
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Summary:This study reports preliminary psychometric findings for a seven-item religiosity scale in a community-based sample of Vietnamese Americans ages 18 to 83 years (N = 119; 58% women, 42% men). A bilingual survey was distributed to Vietnamese who were evacuated during Hurricane Katrina and had returned after the disaster. Internal consistency, factorial structure validity, and criterion validity were evaluated on the scale items. The bilingual scale had good internal consistency. While exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis results provided support for a two-factor structure which captured Religious Involvement and Religious Coping, a one-factor model had slightly better fit. Individuals who scored high on the religiosity scale reported a significantly lower score on their stressful experiences during the hurricane, providing evidence of criterion validity.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/07.17.PR0.108.3.756-762