Cross-Cultural Standardization of TEMAS in Three Hispanic Subcultures
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TEMAS is an apperception test depicting Hispanic and Black characters (minority version) or White characters (non-minority version) interacting in urban settings and expressing culturally oriented themes. It is scored for cognitive, affective, and personality functioning. The normative profiles, reliability, and criterion-rele'ed validity of TEMAS were compared for school and clinical children from three different Hispanic cultures. Sutjects were: (1) 280 students in grades 1 through 6 and 50 child psychiatric outpatients in San Juan (Puerto Rico); (2) 167 students in grades 1 through 6 and 67 psychiatric outpatients of Puerto Rican background in New York; and (3) 59 children in grades 2 through 7 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Children in New York and Puerto Rico were "dministered 23 minority TEMAS cards, the Spielberger Trait-Anxiety Scale for Children, and the Piers-Harris Scale. Children in Argentina were administered 10 TEMAS cards, the non-minority short form, and the Piers-Harris Scale. Results support the use of TEMAS with these cultural groups, but suggest that some TEMAS cards do not pull the designated personality functions as consistently with native Puerto Rican and Argentinian children. The reliability and validity estimates for the native Puerto Rican children were less favorable than were those for mainland U.S. groups. Preliminary evidence suggests that the characters, setting, and events of some pictures in the TEMAS are not appropriate in Argentinian culture. Findings point to the need to revise selected TEMAS cards to be culture specific. Three tables summarize study data. (Author/SLD) U.11 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ofhce of Educational Research and Improvement . EDUCATIONAL. RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Y/Trhis document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it C' Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction Quality Pc.nts of view or oprnions stated in thisdocit ment do not necessarily represent official OE RI position or policy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 6/0.50,,0tc e0.5711,01-;l40 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" Cross-Cultural Standardization of TEMAS in Three Hispanic Subcultures Giuseppe Costantino Sunset Park Mental Health Center of Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY and Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University Robert G. Malgady Program in Quantitative Studies New York University Maria Martina Casullo Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Technicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina Adela Castillo Sunset Park Mental Health Center of Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Running Head: TEMAS TEMAS 1
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