Burlew Ann Kathleen, Feaster Daniel, Brecht Mary-Lynn, Hubbard Robert
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2009 Jan;36(1):25-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.04.003. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
This article describes concrete strategies for conducting substance abuse research with ethnic minorities. Two issues associated with valid analysis, measurement and data analysis, are included. Both empirical (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, and regression) and nonempirical (e.g., focus groups, expert panels, pilot studies, and translation equivalence) approaches to improve measures are described. A discussion of the use of norms and cutoff scores derived from a different ethnic group along with the effects of the ethnicity of the interviewer or coder on measurement is included. The section on data analysis describes why the use of race-comparison designs may lead to misleading conclusions. Alternatives to race-comparison analysis including within-group and between-group analyses are described. The shortcomings of combining ethnic groups for analyses are discussed. The article ends with a list of recommendations for research with ethnic minorities.
本文描述了针对少数民族开展药物滥用研究的具体策略。其中包括与有效分析、测量和数据分析相关的两个问题。文中描述了用于改进测量方法的实证方法（如验证性因素分析、项目反应理论和回归分析）和非实证方法（如焦点小组、专家小组、预试验和翻译等效性）。讨论了使用源自不同种族群体的常模和临界分数以及访谈者或编码员的种族对测量的影响。数据分析部分阐述了为何使用种族比较设计可能会得出误导性结论。介绍了种族比较分析的替代方法，包括组内分析和组间分析。讨论了合并种族群体进行分析的缺点。文章最后列出了针对少数民族研究的建议清单。
