Editorial
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https://doi.org/10.24265/liberabit.2018.v24n1.01Keywords:
psychometrics, psychosocial, quality of life, positive psychologyAbstract
This issue of LIBERABIT has a clear focus on psychometrics. Ziegler and Bensch (2013) state that when translating an existing measurement tool into another language, users must ask the same questions as they do when constructing a new tool:
- For what measurement purpose is the instrument designed (e.g., personnel selection, clinical assessment)?
- What is the target population (e.g., adolescents, adults, patients)?
- Who will employ the instrument (e.g., researchers, practitioners)?
Several authors in this topic have tried to adapt existing or translated measurement tools to different specific populations and to provide psychometric data that allows practitioners to use these tools on a scientific basis...
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Maslow, A.H. (1968). Toward a psychology of being, 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand
Rogers, C.R. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Seligman, M.E.P. (2009). Authentic Happiness. New York: Free Press
Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, Ch. (2005). Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. American Psychologist, 60(5), 410-421.
Ziegler, M. & Bensch D. (2013). Lost in Translation: Thoughts Regarding the Translation of Existing Psychological Measures into Other Languages. European Journal of Psychological Assessmen, 29(2),81–83.
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