An Approach to Response Scale Development for Cross-Cultural Questionnaires

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was Professor of Biological Psychology in this department (undergraduate and postgraduate studies). Her interests are in sensory psychophysiology, psychophysics, and assessment of quality of life. John Orley trained as both an anthropologist and as a physician (with a specialist qualification in psychiatry). Currently Programme Manager of the WHO Mental Health Program, Geneva, his recent work centered on mental health promotion, including work on quality of life, the psychosocial development of infants, children, and adolescents, and improving the communication and behavioral skills of health workers. Shekhar Saxena, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, had his basic medical and psychiatry training at the All-

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