| The Foreign Language Anxiety in a Medical Office Scale: Developing and Validating a Measurement Tool for Spanish-Speaking Individuals. | |
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PMID: 21660827 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Communication research has been hindered by a lack of validated measures for Latino populations. To develop and validate a foreign language anxiety in a medical office scale (the Foreign Language Anxiety in a Medical Office Scale [FLAMOS]), the authors conducted a survey of low income, primarily Spanish-speaking Latinos (N = 100). The scale factored into a unidimensional construct and showed high reliability (α = .92). The Foreign Language Anxiety in a Medical Office Scale also demonstrated convergent and divergent validity compared with other communication anxiety scales (Personal Report of Communication Apprehension-24, Communication Anxiety Inventory, and Recipient Apprehension Test), and predictive validity for acculturation measures (the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics). The Foreign Language Anxiety in a Medical Office Scale provides a validated measure for researchers and may help to explain Latino health care communication barriers. |
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Lisa M Guntzviller; Jakob D Jensen; Andy J King; Lashara A Davis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-08 |
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Title: Journal of health communication Volume: - ISSN: 1087-0415 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-6-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9604100 Medline TA: J Health Commun Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-21 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. |
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