Erschienen in:
01.02.2008 | Original Paper
The Korean Version of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI-Kr): Development and Validation
verfasst von:
Gihyun Yoon, Juan E. Mezzich, Sun-Kyung Shin, Maria A. Ruiperez, Maria I. Zapata-Vega, Jason Liu
Erschienen in:
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
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Ausgabe 1/2008
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Abstract
Our research team of multilingual and multicultural members designed comprehensive, yet efficient, culture-informed, and self-rated Multicultural Quality of Life Indexes for both English-speaking individuals and for growing immigrant groups in the United States. A Korean version of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI-Kr) was developed as part of this multilingual project. The team tested the MQLI-Kr on 130 Koreans (100 psychiatric patients and 30 professionals). MQLI-Kr was quite efficient and easy to use. The internal consistency attained a Cronbach’s α of 0.97 for the combined sample. A factor analysis yielded one single factor, which accounted for 81.5% of the items’ variance. The test–retest reliability correlation coefficient of the MQLI-Kr was 0.85. Significant differences in the mean MQLI-Kr scores were observed between the patients’ group and the professionals’ group (p < 0.001). Thus the results of this study showed high feasibility, internal consistency, reliability, and discriminant validity for the MQLI-Kr.