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Course Syllabus

Master 2018/2019

Methodology of Cross-cultural Research

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Compulsory course (Applied Social Psychology)
Area of studies: Psychology
Delivered by: School of Psychology
Where: Faculty of Social Sciences
When: 1 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Tatiana Ryabichenko
Master’s programme: Applied Social Psychology
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 48

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is a part of M.Sc. program in “Applied Social Psychology”. In this course, students will acquaint with the main methodological questions of cross-cultural research. The course leads students through the questions that they should take into account while planning and conducting cross-cultural research: sampling, equivalence and bias, translation issues, involving quantitative and qualitative methods, interpretations of results.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The course aims to review the integral principal steps taken during a psychological research study and to provide students with the knowledge and competencies necessary to plan and conduct cross-cultural research.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Know the main types of cross-cultural studies.
  • Understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of cross-cultural research.
  • Know types of bias in cross-cultural studies
  • Know sources of bias in cross-cultural studies
  • Understand how bias and equivalence are related
  • Know the advantages of mixed method research usage
  • Know the main types of mixed method research designs
  • Know the main technics used in test translation and adaptation
  • Can conduct a cognitive interview for test adaptation
  • Understand cultural variability in several common survey response styles: socially desirable responding (SDR), acquiescent response style (ARS), and extreme response style (ERS)
  • Understand what is confirmatory factor analysis
  • Understand the benefits of CFA for cross-cultural studies
  • Know the standards of model fit indices
  • Know the main steps in running CFA
  • Can use CFA for testing convergent and divergent validity of measures
  • Can report results of analysis according to current standards in the cross-cultural research literature
  • Know the levels of invariance: structural, metric, scalar
  • Can use MGCFA for invariance testing
  • Can explain the benefits of SEM
  • Can use SEM for hypotheses testing
  • Know what is mediation and moderation
  • Can test mediation and moderation hypotheses
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction to the Methodological issues in Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Equivalence and Bias
  • Qualitative and mixed method research in Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Test adaptation. Cognitive interviewing in test adaptation, test translation
  • Survey response styles across cultures
  • Introduction to Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Benefits for cross-cultural research
  • Simultaneous CFA. Testing convergent and divergent validity of measures
  • Multiple-group CFA. Testing invariance in Cross-Cultural research
  • Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
  • Multiple-group SEM. Mediation and moderation in SEM
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Home assignment
    The student is expected to complete 1 (out of 2) home assignment, which is scored by the seminar leader, resulting in an average score. Homework 1. The written report on the results of the measurement adaptation, translated from English. Homework 2/ The written report on the invariance testing of the measure of any psychological concept, measured with the same instrument in different countries (using available databases)
  • non-blocking Mid-term exam
    20 multiple-choice questions; after Unit 5.
  • non-blocking Practical assignments
    Working with data and literature during the seminars
  • non-blocking Final Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (3 module)
    0.4 * Final Exam + 0.3 * Home assignment + 0.12 * Mid-term exam + 0.18 * Practical assignments
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Breugelmans, S. M., Chasiotis, A., & Vijver, F. J. R. van de. (2011). Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=366256
  • Matsumoto, D. R., & Vijver, F. J. R. van de. (2011). Cross-Cultural Research Methods in Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=347841

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). New York: The Guilford Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=831411
  • Byrne, B. M. (2016). Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS : Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming, Third Edition (Vol. Third edition). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1249128
  • Rucker, D. D., Preacher, K. J., Tormala, Z. L., & Petty, R. E. (2011). Mediation Analysis in Social Psychology: Current Practices and New Recommendations. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 5(6), 359–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00355.x