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cross-cultural assessment  

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  • Introduction Cross-cultural assessment refers to the use of assessment procedures with testees from different cultural backgrounds. Various instances can be distinguished: (i) an existing procedure is used in another country than the one in which it was originally designed, (ii) individuals within a single country differ from each other in ethnic or cultural background, or (iii) testees currently living in different countries take part in the same assessment procedure. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment; Cross-Cultural Assessment]

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