Correlations between Standard English and Dialectical Spanish Versions of Five Personality Scales

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Abstract
Although there have been increased attempts to provide bilingual, bicultural mental health services to Spanish-speaking residents of major Southwestern cities [USA], little effort has been directed toward the development and testing of Spanish versions of easily administered personality scales for use in assessment, treatment and evaluation. Tests selected for the project included the Rational Behavior Inventory that provides an index of rational beliefs based on 37 items scored on a 5-point Likert scale. Other scales included a 5-item Anomia scale developed by Srole; a 10-item Self-esteem scale developed by Rosenberg; a 10-item Dogmatism scale developed by Schulze; and a 4-item Authoritarianism scale developed by Lane. The results provide preliminary support for use of the Spanish dialectical versions of the 4 scales.

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