Cultural adaptation in measuring common client characteristics with an urban Mainland Chinese sample

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a culturally adapted version of the Systematic Treatment Selection-Innerlife (STS) in China. Methods: A total of 300 nonclinical participants collected from Mainland China and 240 nonclinical US participants were drawn from archival data. A Chinese version of...

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Published in:Psychotherapy research 2015-07, Vol.25 (4), p.473-483
Main Authors: Song, Xiaoxia, Anderson, Timothy, Beutler, Larry E., Sun, Shijin, Wu, Guohong, Kimpara, Satoko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acting Out
Adult
China
Chinese sample
client characteristics
Cross-Cultural Comparison
cross-cultural psychology
Cultural Competency
culture and psychotherapy
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - psychology
Discriminant analysis
Ethnopsychology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Problem Behavior - psychology
Psychometrics
Psychotherapy
Social Support
Stress, Psychological - diagnosis
Stress, Psychological - psychology
STS
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Urban Population
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Summary:Objectives: This study aimed to develop a culturally adapted version of the Systematic Treatment Selection-Innerlife (STS) in China. Methods: A total of 300 nonclinical participants collected from Mainland China and 240 nonclinical US participants were drawn from archival data. A Chinese version of the STS was developed, using translation and back-translation procedures. After confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the original STS sub scales failed on both samples, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then used to access whether a simple structure would emerge on these STS treatment items. Parallel analysis and minimum average partial were used to determine the number of factor to retain. Results: Three cross-cultural factors were found in this study, Internalized Distress, Externalized Distress and interpersonal relations. Conclusions: This supported that regardless of whether one is in presumably different cultural contexts of the USA or China, psychological distress is expressed in a few basic channels of internalized distress, externalized distress, and interpersonal relations, from which different manifestations in different culture were also discussed.
ISSN:1050-3307
1468-4381
DOI:10.1080/10503307.2014.913322