Adaptation of russian version of questionnaire «fisher divorce adjustment scale»

Abstract

The article presents the experience of adaptation of foreign questionnaire «Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale». The substantiation of the necessity of testing the English version of the questionnaire for the Russian-speaking population, is living in Kazakhstan. This is due primarily to the lack of this kind of instructional techniques and methods for psychodiagnosis divorced people to help them in further need of psychological help in overcoming postdivorce crisis. Considers the organizational aspects of the Russian version of the test in compliance with the requirements of appropriate testing to be translated into the Russian language techniques. Describes how to create a traditional primary forms of the questionnaire and its psychometric test. Analyzes the reasons for the low efficiency of the statements identified after analysis of the items, as well as some aspects of performance of psychometric characteristics of test.