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Geriatric
Depression Scale (GDS) (Brink et al., 1982) |
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Purpose:
To assess health status, living situation, stressful life events,
and informal support of elderly persons |
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Ada
Mui Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Chinese elders |
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Geriatric
Depression Scale (GDS) (Brink et al., 1982) |
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Purpose:
To assess health status, living situation, stressful life events,
and informal support of elderly persons |
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Tazuko
Shibusawa, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Japanese American elders |
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BSI
Depression and Anxiety (Derogatis,
1975) |
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Purpose:
To assess the frequency of depression and anxiety symptoms |
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Marianne
Yoshioka Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Asian, Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adults |
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CES-D
Scale (Radloff,
1977) |
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Purpose:
To measure frequency of depression symptoms. |
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Rashmi
Gupta Ph.D.
Alice Yick, Ph.D., E Research |
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Population:
Older Chinese immigrant adults |
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Chinese
Depressive Symptom Scale (Lin, 1989) |
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Purpose:
To measure depressive symptoms among Chinese adults |
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Nan
Lin, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Albany |
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Population:
Chinese adults residing in China |
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Beck
Depression Inventory - short form (Beck & Beck, 1972) |
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Purpose:
To assess depression symptoms and mood |
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Jennifer Crocker, Ph.D.
R. Luhtanen, Ph.D.
B. Blaine Ph.D.
S. Broadnax
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Population:
Asian Undergraduate students |
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Beck
Depression Inventory - Hmong adaptation (Beck et al., 1961) |
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Purpose:
To assess depression symptoms and mood |
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Mouanoutoua, V.L., Ph.D.
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Population:
Hmong adults residing in California |
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Beck
Hopelessness Scale (Beck, Weissman, Lester, & Trexler, 1974) |
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Purpose:
To assess level of negative expectations about the future |
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Jennifer Crocker, Ph.D.
R. Luhtanen, Ph.D.
B. Blaine Ph.D.
S. Broadnax
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Population:
Asian Undergraduate students |
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Beck
Hopelessness Scale: Chinese version (Beck, Weissman, Lester, &
Trexler, 1974) |
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Purpose:
To assess level of negative expectations about the future |
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D.T.L. Shek, Ph.D.
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Population:
500 Chinese undergraduate students |
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Life
Distress Inventory
(Thomas, Yoshioka, & Ager, 1994) |
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Purpose:
To measure self-reported distress across areas of social life and
functioning |
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Marianne
Yoshioka, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work
Tazuko Shibusawa, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Asian, Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adults |
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Race-Related
Stressor Scale (RRSS) (Loo, Fairbank, Scurfield, Ruch, King, Adams,
& Chemtob, 2001) |
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Purpose:To
assess exposure to race-related stressors experienced by veterans |
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Chalsa
Loo, Ph.D., National Center for PTSD |
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Population:
Asian-American adults |
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Chapman
Scales (Chapman, Chapman, & Roulin, 1976) |
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Purpose:
To assess number of psychotic indicators |
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Phillip M. Chmielewski
Leyan O. L. Fernandes
Cindy M. Yee
Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Population:
Asian undergraduate students |
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General
Behavior Inventory (Depue & Klein, 1988) |
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Purpose:
To identify individuals at risk for serious affective disorder |
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Phillip M. Chmielewski
Leyan O. L. Fernandes
Cindy M. Yee
Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Population:
Asian undergraduate students |
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Eating
Attitudes Test (Japanese version) (Mukai, Crago, Shisslak, 1994)
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Purpose:
To measure eating disturbances among Japanese women |
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T. Mukai
A. Kambara
Y. Sasaki
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Population:
Japanese female undergraduate students in Japan and European American
female undergraduates in the United States |
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Body
Dissatisfation Sub-Scale of the Eating Disorders Inventory (Japanese
version) (Nagata, Kirke, Matsunaga, Iketani, Yoshida, & Yamagami,
1994) |
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Purpose:
To measure body dissatisfaction among Japanese women |
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T. Mukai
A. Kambara
Y. Sasaki
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Population:
Japanese female undergraduate students in Japan and European American
female undergraduates in the United States |
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Satisfaction
with Life Scale (Diener,
Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985) |
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Purpose:
To assess overall satisfaction with life |
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Marianne
R. Yoshioka, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Asian, Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adults |
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Satisfaction
with Life Scale (Diener,
Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985) |
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Purpose:
To assess overall satisfaction with life |
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Jennifer Crocker, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
R. Luhtanen, Ph.D.
B. Blaine Ph.D.
S. Broadnax
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Population:
Asian Undergraduate students |
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Perceived
Caregiver Burden Scale (PCB) (Stommel,
Given & Given, 1990) |
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Purpose:
To assess caregiver burden in terms of perceptions and feelings about
caregivers' physical and emotional health, family relationships, social
life, work, and finances |
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Rashmi
Gupta, Ph. D. |
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Population:
Asian Indian adults |
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The
Elder Life Adjustment Interview Schedule (ELAIS for depression)
(Dubanoski, Heiby, Kameoka, & Wong, 1996). |
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Purpose:
To assess depression, life satisfaction, and their theoretical determinants
among older adults |
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Joan
Dubanoski, Ph. D. |
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Population:
Asian-American and Hawaiian-American elders |
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Perceived Support Scale
(Krause & Markides, 1990) |
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Purpose:
To measure the social support provided and received by elderly caregivers.
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Rashmi
Gupta, Ph. D. |
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Population:
South Asian immigrant adults |
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Dyadic Adjustment Scale- Chinese version
(Spanier, 1976) |
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Purpose:
To measure the quality of marriage or intimate relationship adjustment |
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D.T.L.
Shek, Ph. D. |
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Population:
Hong Kong Chinese adults: maritally adjusted and mal-adjusted |
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Rosenberg's
Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) |
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Purpose:
To assess level of self reported self-esteem |
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Jennifer Crocker, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
R. Luhtanen, Ph.D.
B. Blaine Ph.D.
S. Broadnax
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Population:
Asian Undergraduate students |
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The
Collective Self-Esteem Scale (CSES) (Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992)
Race-Specific CSES (Crocker et al., 1994)
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Purpose:
To measure one's positive social or collective identity |
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Jennifer Crocker, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan
R. Luhtanen, Ph.D.
B. Blaine Ph.D.
S. Broadnax
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Population:
Asian Undergraduate students |
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Six-Factor
Self-Concept Scale (Stake, 1994) |
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Purpose:
To measure aspects of self-concept |
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Barbara
J. Yanico, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Theresa Gen Chih Lu, University of San Diego |
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Population:
Asian women undergraduate students |
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Coping
Attitudes, Sources, and Practices Questionnaire (Yeh, 1999) |
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Purpose:
To investigate coping attitudes, practices, and sources |
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Christine
Yeh, Ph.D., Teachers College
Yu-Wei Wang, University of Missouri-Columbia |
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Population:
Asian undergraduate students |
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Adolescent-Adult
Parenting Inventory (Bavolek, 1990) |
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Purpose:
To assess parenting perceptions and behaviors |
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Saigeetha
Jambunathan, Ph.D, SUNY New Paltz
Diane C. Burts, Louisiana State University
Sarah Pierce, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
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Population:
Asian American, Asian Indian, Hispanic, European-American, and African
American mothers |
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Asian
American Family Conflicts Scale (Lee,
Choe, Kim, & Ngo, 2000) |
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Purpose of
Measure: To assess conflicts in values and practices between U.S.-raised
children and their immigrant parents. |
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R. M. Lee Ph.D.
J. Choe
G. Kim
V. Ngo
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Population:
Asian American undergraduate students |
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Loss
of Face Scale (Zane,
2000) |
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Purpose: To assess the
extent to which one avoids situations and behaviors that are related
to loss of face.
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Nolan
Zane Ph.D., University of California at Davis |
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Population:
Caucasian and Asian (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
undergraduate students) |
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The
Medical Outcomes Study short form (SF-36)
(Ware & Sherbourne, 1992) |
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Purpose:
To assess health-related quality of life |
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Doris
F. Chang, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Dept of Social Medicine
Chi-Ah Chun, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
David T. Takeuchi, Ph.D., Indiana University Department of Sociology,
Indianapolis
Haikang Shen, Ph.D., University of California |
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Population:
Chinese American adults |
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The
Medical Outcomes Study short form (SF-36) (Ware
& Sherbourne, 1992) |
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Purpose:
To assess health-related quality of life |
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Marianne
Yoshioka, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Asian, Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adults |
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Marín
and Marín Acculturation Scale (Marín,
Sabogal, Marín, Otero-Sabogal, et al., 1987) |
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Purpose: To assess the
level of acculturation among the foreign born Chinese Americans.
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Rashmi
Gupta Ph.D.
Alice Yick, Ph.D., E Reserach |
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Population:
Chinese immigrant adults |
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:The
Suinn-Lew Asian Self Identity Acculturation (Suinn, Ahuna, &
Khoo, 1992) |
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Purpose:
To assess the level of acculturation of an Asian person |
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Richard M. Suinn, Ph.D.,
ABPP
Colorado State University
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Population:
Asian adults |
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Homesickness
and Contentment (HC) Scale
(Shin, 1992) |
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Purpose:
To assess homesickness, contentment, loneliness, and depression. |
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Heajong
Shin, Ph.D.,Soonchunhyang University, South Korea,
Neil Abell, Ph.D.,Florida State University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Chinese and Korean graduate students |
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Bem
Sex Role Inventory (Bem
1974) |
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Purpose:
To measure masculine, feminine and androgynous personality traits
among men and women |
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Yoko
Sugihara Ph.D., Miyazaki, Japan
Emiko Katsurada Ph.D., Miyazaki, Japan |
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Population:
Japanese college students in Japan |
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Attributional
Style Questionaire (ASQ) (Peterson,
Semmel, von Baeyer, Abramson, Metalsky, & Seligman, 1982) |
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Purpose:
To describe individual's characteristic and habitual patterns of causal
interpretation (i.e., attributional style). |
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Kathleen
Crittenden, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Dept. of Sociology |
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Population:
Taiwanese and American non-Asian college students |
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Chinese
Self-Report Family Inventory (C-SFI) (Beavers, Hampson, &
Hulus, 1990) |
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Purpose:
To measure an individual's perceptions of family competence and style |
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Daniel
T. L. Shek, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong
Kong |
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Popuation:
Chinese parents and adolescents |
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The
Revised Attitudes toward Wife Abuse Scale (Yoshioka & Dinoia,
2000) |
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Purpose
of Measure: To assess the extent to which a respondent endorses attitudes
that support the use of violence against a woman by an intimate male
partner |
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Marianne
Yoshioka, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work |
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Population:
Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, South Asian adults |