DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH

The purpose of this article is to provide a brief review of guidelines for development of culturally appropriate measures of phenomena. The principles are illustrated by citing an example of their use in develo ping a survey instrument to be used with a rural Mexican American and Euro American population. Discussion focuses on practical issues of im plementing the approaches suggested in the literature and adds to the literature about issues in formatting and administration of survey ins truments used in cross-cultural research.