Methodological Considerations of Applying a Tat-Type Picture-Story Test in Cross-Cultural Research
Methodological Considerations of Applying a Tat-Type Picture-Story Test in Cross-Cultural Research
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在跨文化研究中应用 Tat 型图画故事测试的方法论考虑
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2004
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A. Chasiotis
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Jan Hofer;A. Chasiotis
本文探讨了与选择和使用图片线索来评估跨文化研究中隐含动机数据相关的问题。对赞比亚的 121 名 Gwembe Tonga 青少年进行了 TAT 类型的图画故事测试。这些故事是按照温特的评分系统编码的。识别了赞比亚五种图片刺激中每一种的提示强度，并将其与德国学生样本中的提示强度结果进行比较。两个样本的提示强度存在显着差异。对差异项目功能（项目偏差）的分析表明，不建议对动机强度进行跨文化比较。在进一步的分析中，验证了赞比亚参与者的教育水平和书面语言对图片线索刺激拉力的影响。讨论了动机强度研究结果的有效性的后果以及未来跨文化研究的一些可能的指导方针。
This article examines problems associated with the selection and use of picture cues to assess data on implicit motives in cross-cultural research. A TAT-type picture-story test was administered to 121 Gwembe Tonga adolescents in Zambia. The stories were coded following Winter’s scoring system. The cue strength of each of the five picture stimuli in Zambia was identified and compared to findings on cue strength in a German student sample. Cue strengths differed markedly in both samples. Analyses on differential item functioning (item bias) showed that cross-cultural comparisons on motive strengths are not advisable. In further analyses, the influence of Zambian participants’educational level and written language on the stimulus pull of the picture cues was verified. Consequences of the validity of the findings on motive strength and some possible guidelines for future cross-cultural research are discussed.