Multi-Item Scale:
Item Text:
e) In dealing with people you do not know? [Im Umgang mit Personen, die Sie nicht kennen?]
Different Answer Format Tested:
Nein
Findings:
This question reveals problems of understanding regarding the intention of the question.
Serbian
In an interview with test person SER01, the interpreter must first explain the question: "That he has problems with people he doesn't know. Is that the question?" . Test person SER01 interprets the question in the way that she gets on well with people, not that she has problems with people she does not know: "What can I tick? I get along well with people." (SER01) .
After asking more precisely which people the test person was thinking of, she answers as follows: "These are people I didn't know, we're not friends but we didn't have a fight either, nothing bad happened. [...] We didn't know each other, afterwards we were friends, but then we had a fight, I say it was nothing."
Arabic
The two interviews with the Arabic translation of the questionnaire also reveal ambiguities with regard to the intention of the question.
Test person AR01 misunderstands the intention of the question. She interprets the question as to how far dealing with people she does not know leads to psychological problems and not how far psychological (or other health problems) make dealing with such people more difficult. In answering the question, test person AR01 thinks of asylum seekers in a refugee accommodation who do not speak German or English (but only their mother tongue) and who therefore often could not communicate. This leads to psychological stress. The test person himself is not affected by this, as he speaks a little German. Their answer ("none") is therefore still "correct" in this case, even if she misunderstands the question.
Test person AR02 does not refer to health problems, but to characteristics of the 'foreign', such as religion or skin colour. The test person says that she has no difficulties in dealing with people she does not know.
English
Test person ENG01 claims to have "strong" problems in dealing with unknown persons due to the traumatic experiences in her home country (murder, torture). The test person justifies her answer by saying that she has the feeling that many people do not understand her or cannot understand her fate. Therefore she likes to be alone. The test person suffers from psychological problems due to traumatic experiences in her home country.
Serbian
In an interview with test person SER01, the interpreter must first explain the question: "That he has problems with people he doesn't know. Is that the question?" . Test person SER01 interprets the question in the way that she gets on well with people, not that she has problems with people she does not know: "What can I tick? I get along well with people." (SER01) .
After asking more precisely which people the test person was thinking of, she answers as follows: "These are people I didn't know, we're not friends but we didn't have a fight either, nothing bad happened. [...] We didn't know each other, afterwards we were friends, but then we had a fight, I say it was nothing."
Arabic
The two interviews with the Arabic translation of the questionnaire also reveal ambiguities with regard to the intention of the question.
Test person AR01 misunderstands the intention of the question. She interprets the question as to how far dealing with people she does not know leads to psychological problems and not how far psychological (or other health problems) make dealing with such people more difficult. In answering the question, test person AR01 thinks of asylum seekers in a refugee accommodation who do not speak German or English (but only their mother tongue) and who therefore often could not communicate. This leads to psychological stress. The test person himself is not affected by this, as he speaks a little German. Their answer ("none") is therefore still "correct" in this case, even if she misunderstands the question.
Test person AR02 does not refer to health problems, but to characteristics of the 'foreign', such as religion or skin colour. The test person says that she has no difficulties in dealing with people she does not know.
English
Test person ENG01 claims to have "strong" problems in dealing with unknown persons due to the traumatic experiences in her home country (murder, torture). The test person justifies her answer by saying that she has the feeling that many people do not understand her or cannot understand her fate. Therefore she likes to be alone. The test person suffers from psychological problems due to traumatic experiences in her home country.
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Question tested:
true