The Korean Version of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI-Kr): Development and Validation |
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| Authors: | Gihyun Yoon Juan E. Mezzich Sun-Kyung Shin Maria A. Ruiperez Maria I. Zapata-Vega Jason Liu |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA;(2) Division of Psychiatric Epidemiology and the International Center for Mental Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Fifth Avenue & 100th Street, Box 1093, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA;(3) Department of Social Welfare, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea;(4) Department of Psychology, Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain;(5) Department of Psychiatry, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Our research team of multilingual and multicultural members designed comprehensive, yet efficient, culture-informed, and self-rated Multicultural Quality of Life Indexes for both English-speaking individuals and for growing immigrant groups in the United States. A Korean version of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI-Kr) was developed as part of this multilingual project. The team tested the MQLI-Kr on 130 Koreans (100 psychiatric patients and 30 professionals). MQLI-Kr was quite efficient and easy to use. The internal consistency attained a Cronbach’s α of 0.97 for the combined sample. A factor analysis yielded one single factor, which accounted for 81.5% of the items’ variance. The test–retest reliability correlation coefficient of the MQLI-Kr was 0.85. Significant differences in the mean MQLI-Kr scores were observed between the patients’ group and the professionals’ group (p < 0.001). Thus the results of this study showed high feasibility, internal consistency, reliability, and discriminant validity for the MQLI-Kr. |
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| Keywords: | Quality of life Korean Culture Validation Scales |
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