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Designing Items to Measure Healthy Marriage: Lessons Learned from Cognitive Interviews |
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This paper will discuss the lessons learned from a series of cognitive interviews conducted with a diverse sample of couples in the DC area to test items of healthy intimate relationships for inclusion in a federal evaluation of healthy marriage education programs.
A central focus of the cognitive interviews was to determine whether existing items, which have been largely administered to white middle-class populations, were applicable to low-income couples and other diverse populations. Recent qualitative research with low-income couples suggests that existing measures of relationship quality may not adequately tap into issues that affect low-income couples. A second goal was to identify items that worked well (i.e., easily understood, similarly interpreted, etc) across racial and ethnic groups, and across immigrant and family status, gender, and income groups.
Preliminary findings indicate that the domains identified by the research team and prior research match well with couples’ perceptions about what defines a healthy marriage. Feedback from participants suggests that, while most of the items chosen or developed worked well with diverse populations, some presented problems. Items that were negatively worded or that used contractions or abbreviations were particularly problematic. In addition, the interviews highlighted the need to ensure that the language and terminology used in instruments administered to populations with a range of educational backgrounds is as clear and simple as possible. For example, though care was taken to word items at a fifth-grade level, some terms that were anticipated to be part of a common vernacular caused respondents problems. Interviews with immigrants helped to identify items that were less easily understood for respondents raised in other countries, though they worked well with American-raised respondents. Last, the interviews indicate that the appropriateness of items to measure violence in intimate relationship may vary by gender. |
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cognitive interview, item development, low-income populations, healthy marriage evaluations |
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Name: American Association For Public Opinion Association
URL: http://www.aapor.org
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MLA Citation:
| Guzman, Lina., Moore, Kristin ., Matthews, Greg. and Redd, Zakia. "Designing Items to Measure Healthy Marriage: Lessons Learned from Cognitive Interviews" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association For Public Opinion Association, Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach, FL, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17106_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| Guzman, L. , Moore, K. , Matthews, G. and Redd, Z. "Designing Items to Measure Healthy Marriage: Lessons Learned from Cognitive Interviews" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association For Public Opinion Association, Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach, FL <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17106_index.html |
Publication Type: Paper/Poster Proposal
Abstract: This paper will discuss the lessons learned from a series of cognitive interviews conducted with a diverse sample of couples in the DC area to test items of healthy intimate relationships for inclusion in a federal evaluation of healthy marriage education programs.
A central focus of the cognitive interviews was to determine whether existing items, which have been largely administered to white middle-class populations, were applicable to low-income couples and other diverse populations. Recent qualitative research with low-income couples suggests that existing measures of relationship quality may not adequately tap into issues that affect low-income couples. A second goal was to identify items that worked well (i.e., easily understood, similarly interpreted, etc) across racial and ethnic groups, and across immigrant and family status, gender, and income groups.
Preliminary findings indicate that the domains identified by the research team and prior research match well with couples’ perceptions about what defines a healthy marriage. Feedback from participants suggests that, while most of the items chosen or developed worked well with diverse populations, some presented problems. Items that were negatively worded or that used contractions or abbreviations were particularly problematic. In addition, the interviews highlighted the need to ensure that the language and terminology used in instruments administered to populations with a range of educational backgrounds is as clear and simple as possible. For example, though care was taken to word items at a fifth-grade level, some terms that were anticipated to be part of a common vernacular caused respondents problems. Interviews with immigrants helped to identify items that were less easily understood for respondents raised in other countries, though they worked well with American-raised respondents. Last, the interviews indicate that the appropriateness of items to measure violence in intimate relationship may vary by gender. |
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