Methods and Assessment in Culture and Psychology

Significant advancements in methodologies and statistical techniques in cross-cultural psychological research abound but general practice education and most researchers in psychology rarely use them. This leads to misinterpretations misrepresentations and prejudice. The authors expertly demonstrate the importance of methodological rigor to safeguard appropriate inferences about similarities and differences particularly when methods have not been developed in the cultural contexts where they are used. The book features acculturation and identity including contributions on remote acculturation religiosity and organizational contexts. It also covers individual differences and evaluates methodological progress in educational assessment emotions motivation and personality. Methodological and psychometric perspectives on equivalence and bias as well as measurement invariance in cross-cultural research are a central theme. From study design to data interpretation it is essential for psychology and the social sciences in general to adopt methods and assessment procedures that are more rigorous for culture-comparative studies.