Adaptation of Five Factor Wellness Inventory Adult Version into Urdu
Abstract
The ninth grade adult version of the Five Factor Wellness Inventory was adapted into Urdu by four translators who used the forward and back translation method. The instrument was then administered to a group of bilingual Pakistani immigrants to determine if the English and Urdu items were equivalent and to provide statistical evidence for face and content validity. Paired t- test revealed that there were no significant differences on 28 of 29 means compared. There was significant difference between the English and Urdu score of the sample on only one mean, global context, (t (18) = -2.699, p<.05). The Cohen’s d (-0.68) for global context was medium to large. Minimal discrepancy between the items of the two instruments indicates that the 5F-Wel-A Urdu version could be used to assess the wellness of Urdu speaking immigrants and Asian Americans of Pakistani origin with limited English proficiency. The procedure employed to adapt this test could also be used to adapt other instruments, used by counselors, for ethnic minorities with limited English proficiency.