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A Systematic Review of Response Styles Among Latinx Populations.
- Source :
- Assessment; Jun2024, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p947-962, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Culture influences responses to psychological measurements in ways unrelated to target constructs, thus biasing test scores and potentially contributing to under- and over-diagnosis of mental health problems in populations for which measures have not yet been normed. We conducted a systematic review of publications addressing response style among Latinx population groups in North and South America. In a final corpus of 24 studies, Latinx/Latin American populations were generally found to exhibit higher levels of extreme response style (n = 17), acquiescent response style (n = 10), and socially desirable responding (n = 5). The few publications (n = 3) that investigated midpoint responding reported no differences. Seven publications (29%) attempted to adjust scores to mitigate response style bias, using both scale design and statistical techniques. Findings suggest that researchers and clinicians should directly assess culturally patterned response style as a construct, rather than inferring style indirectly using other measures. For clinicians, knowledge of response style represents another facet of case conceptualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10731911
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177216790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231194969