Item List
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| a) To focus on something for 10 minutes? [Sich für 10 Minuten auf etwas zu konzentrieren?] | Nein | Serbian In test person SER01, question 3a shows major problems with understanding the question. The interpreter has to explain repeatedly what the question is about and the test person corrects her answer from "none" to "low": "Oh, I wonder if I can concentrate on something for 10 minutes?” Test person AR02 also has problems understanding the question. For her it is not clear what the word "concentrate" refers to, i.e. whether it refers to learning or sports, for example. In the end, AR02's answer refers to the general ability to concentrate, which is in the sense of the question designer. |
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| b) To walk a longer distance (about one kilometre)? [Eine längere Strecke (ca. einen Kilometer) zu Fuß zu gehen?] | Nein | ||||
| c) To wash your entire body? [Ihren gesamten Körper zu waschen?] | Nein | Arabic Test person AR01 asks how the item is to be understood, whether "showering" is meant. The formulation in the Arabic translation of the questionnaire of "to wash your entire body" is a little unusual. According to the test person it would be simpler and clearer to talk about bathing or showering. In addition, an article (the) was missing in Arabic, so that the formulation was not quite grammatically correct. |
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| d) To get dressed? [Sich anzuziehen?] | Nein | ||||
| e) In dealing with people you do not know? [Im Umgang mit Personen, die Sie nicht kennen?] | Nein | This question reveals problems of understanding regarding the intention of the question. 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." 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. 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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| f) To maintain a friendship? [Eine Freundschaft aufrechtzuerhalten?] | Nein | 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. 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. 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. |