Appendix examining the relationship between bicultural stress and psychological well being among korean adolescents in singapore a mixed methods study

Appendix F. Content Validity Index (CVI) INSTRUCTION – this measure is designed to evaluate to content validity of a measure. Please rate each item as follows:  Please rate the level of representativeness on a scale of – 4, with being the most representative. Space is provided for you to comment on the item or to suggest revisions.  Please indicate the level of clarity for each item, also on a four-point scale. Again, please make comments in the space provided.  Please indicate to which factor the item belongs. The factors are listed along with a definition of each. If you not think the item belongs with any factor specified, please circle number and write in a factor that may be more suitable.  Finally, evaluate the comprehensiveness of the entire measure by indicating items that should be deleted or added. Thank you for your time. Theoretical definition: “bicultural stressor” - Sources of stress which result from conflict between different cultures - Result from social interaction in relation to cultural differences with other youths, teacher or family members (peer and school context and family context) Representativeness: = item is not representative = item needs major revisions to be representative = item needs minor revisions to be representative = item is representative Clarity: = item is not clear = item needs major revisions to be clear = item need minor revisions to be clear = item is clear Family obligation I have been treated badly because of my English accent Comments Comments Factors: = stressors in peer context = stressors in family context = stressors in multicultural /multilingual context = stressors of discrimination (positive or negative) = item not belong to any factor Factor Treated bad because of accent Because of family obligation I can’t always what I want Worried about immigration I have worried about family members or friends having problems with immigration Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor 191 Appendix F. Content Validity Index (CVI) Problem at school because of poor English I have had problems at school because of my poor English Comments Comments Factor Uncomfortable with other cultures not feel comfortable with people whose culture is different from mine Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Pressure to learn mother tongue I have felt pressure to learn Korean Need better mother tongue I have felt that I need to speak Korean better Argue with friends I have argued my friends over being too traditional My friend think I act Singaporean My friends think I am acting ‘Singaporean’ Parents say I don’t respect elders My parents feel I not respect older people the way I should Uncomfortable with ethnic joke I feel uncomfortable when others make jokes about or put down people of my ethnic back ground Argue with family about tradition I have argued with family members because I not want to some traditions Translate for parents I have had to translate/interpret for my parents 192 Appendix F. Content Validity Index (CVI) Lonely because family not united I have felt lonely and isolated because my family does not stick together Not accepted because of my ethnicity I have felt that others not accept me because of my ethnic group Help parents in Singapore I have had to help my parents by explaining how to things in Singapore Can’t be like Singaporean kids I feel like I can’t what most Singaporean kids because of my parents’ culture Belong to gang for ethnicity I feel that belonging to a gang is part of representing my ethnic group Don’t understand different culture Sometimes I not understand why people from different ethnic background act a certain way Harder to success because of ethnicity Sometimes I feel that it will be harder to succeed because of my ethnic background Keep being a Korean (ethnicity) I have felt pressure to be different from local peers Bias for Korean culture I feel uncomfortable when local friends show their bias for Korean culture Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Feeling of separation I have a feeling of separation from local friends Comments Comments Factor 193 Appendix F. Content Validity Index (CVI) Treated different because of ethnicity I have been treated differently because of my ethic background (Korean) Bias for Korean people I feel uncomfortable when local friends show their bias for Korean people Pressure to learn Chinese I felt pressure to learn Chinese Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Feeling of distance because of different language use I have felt a sense of distance from local friends when they speak in their mother tongue Get attention because of my ethnicity Sometimes it bothers me to get the attention of local friends because of my ethnic background (Korean) Pressure not to use Singlish I have felt pressure not to use localised English (Singlish) Don’t understand Singlish Sometimes I don’t understand the local accent of English Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor Pressure to become a trilingual I have felt pressure to become a trilingual Comments (Korean, English and Other language like Chinese) Comments Factor 194 Appendix F. Content Validity Index (CVI) Immoderate interesting in Korean culture Sometimes it bothers me that local friends show their immoderate interesting in Korean culture (Korean language, Korean pop-culture, etc Pressure to learn other language I have felt envious of people who can speak in other language besides Korean and English Comments Comments Factor Comments Comments Factor 195 . item, also on a four-point scale. Again, please make comments in the space provided.  Please indicate to which factor the item belongs. The factors are listed along with a definition of each think the item belongs with any factor specified, please circle number 5 and write in a factor that may be more suitable.  Finally, evaluate the comprehensiveness of the entire measure by indicating. 195 Immoderate interesting in Korean culture Sometimes it bothers me that local friends show their immoderate interesting in Korean culture (Korean language, Korean pop-culture, etc 1 2