Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Exploring attachment security in a sample of Lebanese adolescents: The validation of the Arabic IPPA-R
Originally published 2024-03-20 · PLOS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0298084 ↗
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How do researchers check that an attachment scale works in a new language?
The study evaluates a locally translated instrument that asks adolescents about their relationships with parents and peers.
Who was studied?
Lebanese adolescents completing an Arabic-language measure of parent and peer attachment
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- How do researchers check that an attachment scale works in a new language?
- What evidence supports the reliability and validity of the measure for these particular respondents?
- Which features of the study population (lebanese adolescents completing an Arabic-language measure of parent and peer attachment) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
A translated adolescent self-report scale measures the respondent's perception of attachment. Reliability in this sample does not establish that a score means the same thing across all Arabic-speaking settings.
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Pia Tohme; Nour Yaktine; Elma Nassar; Karim Badr; Ian Grey; Rudy Abi-Habib (2024). Exploring attachment security in a sample of Lebanese adolescents: The validation of the Arabic IPPA-R PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298084
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