Multi-Item Scale:
Item Text:
f) To maintain a friendship? [Eine Freundschaft aufrechtzuerhalten?]
Different Answer Format Tested:
Nein
Findings:
Serbian
In the interview with test person SER01 there are no reportable anomalies in this question. The test person has no problems maintaining a friendship; disputes and small problems are part of it in her opinion.
Arabic
Test person AR01 spontaneously notes that she is unaware of the connection between health problems and the maintenance of friendships. The test person asks whether she should interpret the item in meaning that the difficulty in maintaining friendships leads to psychological problems. The intention of the item is not clear to the test person and she interprets the item - like item 3e - as to whether the difficulty in maintaining friendships (e.g. due to lack of time) leads to health problems.
Test person AR02, as in question 3e, does not refer to health problems either. She justifies the choice of the answer category "low" with the fact that she neither belongs to Sunnis nor to Shiites, but since she mostly has to do with Sunnis or Shiites, she notices that she does not harmonize well with them.
The interviewers also note that the time frame of 4 weeks for a friendship is somewhat short.
English
Test person ENG01 ticks the answer "strong" and justified this by saying that she currently has no friends in the refugee camp. The test person further states that she does not like to let other people - again due to her history - get close to her. Therefore it is difficult to build up or maintain friendships.
In the interview with test person SER01 there are no reportable anomalies in this question. The test person has no problems maintaining a friendship; disputes and small problems are part of it in her opinion.
Arabic
Test person AR01 spontaneously notes that she is unaware of the connection between health problems and the maintenance of friendships. The test person asks whether she should interpret the item in meaning that the difficulty in maintaining friendships leads to psychological problems. The intention of the item is not clear to the test person and she interprets the item - like item 3e - as to whether the difficulty in maintaining friendships (e.g. due to lack of time) leads to health problems.
Test person AR02, as in question 3e, does not refer to health problems either. She justifies the choice of the answer category "low" with the fact that she neither belongs to Sunnis nor to Shiites, but since she mostly has to do with Sunnis or Shiites, she notices that she does not harmonize well with them.
The interviewers also note that the time frame of 4 weeks for a friendship is somewhat short.
English
Test person ENG01 ticks the answer "strong" and justified this by saying that she currently has no friends in the refugee camp. The test person further states that she does not like to let other people - again due to her history - get close to her. Therefore it is difficult to build up or maintain friendships.
Recommendations:
[See recommendations for total question 3]
Question tested:
true