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Wie lässt sich der Einfluss von Kultur auf Erleben und Verhalten messen?

Konzeptuelle und empirische Einführung einer multidimensionalen Kultur-Fragebogenbatterie

Published Online:March 29, 2012https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000045

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Die Frage nach dem Einfluss von Kultur auf Erleben und Verhalten hat innerhalb der quantitativen Psychologie erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird zunächst geklärt, was unter „Kultur” theoretisch und forschungspraktisch zu verstehen ist, wie sich psychologisch relevante Einflüsse von Kultur nachweisen lassen und welche Variablen diesen Einfluss vermitteln. Der empirische Schwerpunkt des Artikels liegt auf der deutschsprachigen Adaption der „Self-Construal Scale” (SCS; Singelis, 1994), der „Sex-Role Ideology Scale” (SRIS; Kalin & Tilby, 1978) und der „Tightness-Looseness Scale” (TLS; Gelfand et al., 2007), die ein breites Spektrum an kulturvermittelnden Variablen erfassen. Die adaptierten Skalen wurden innerhalb einer heterogenen Stichprobe (N = 515) hinsichtlich ihrer faktoriellen Struktur, Reliabilitäten und Validitätsindikatoren untersucht. Die psychometrischen Eigenschaften sind zufriedenstellend bis gut und mit den Originalskalen gut vergleichbar. Zusammengenommen bilden die Skalen, erstmals im deutschsprachigen Bereich, eine reliable, multidimensionale Fragebogenbatterie, die den Einfluss von Kultur in testökonomisch vertretbarer Weise messbar macht.


Measuring the influence of culture on mental processes and behaviour? A conceptual and empirical introduction of a multi-dimensional questionnaire on cultural variables

Abstract. The question of culture’s influence on mental processes and behaviour has increased substantially in importance within quantitative psychology. This article clarifies the theoretical and methodological background of psychological research on culture and suggests how to establish psychologically significant influences of culture and which variables mediate this influence. The empirical part contains the German adaption of the ”Self-Construal Scale” (SCS; Singelis, 1994), the ”Sex-Role Ideology Scale” (SRIS; Kalin & Tilby, 1978) and the ”Tightness-Looseness Scale” (TLS; Gelfand et al., 2007), which cover a wide range of culture-mediating variables. The psychometric properties, such as factor structure, reliabilities, and indicators for validity, within a heterogeneous sample (N = 515) showed satisfying to good results and a good comparability to the original scales. In summary, these scales form the first German version of a reliable, multi-dimensional questionnaire, economically measuring the influence of culture on mental processes and behaviour.

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