THE REPLICABILITY OF THE BARTHOLOMEW AND HOROWITZ MODEL20MethodProcedure A translation of the ASQ from the Dutch language into the Polish, Russian, and Hungarian target languages was made, and these were then translated back into Dutch. We compared the return translations with the original version in order to check the accuracy of the translations. We consulted Russian and Hungarian-born psychologists who have spent more than 15 years in the Netherlands and are fluent in the Dutch language, in order to eliminate the few discrepancies that emerged between the return translations and the Dutch version of the questionnaire. The final version of the questionnaires in Polish, Russian and Hungarian respectively, as well as the Dutch version, were presented once again to other translators who were asked to evaluate the equivalence of each translated item with the original version. We also asked translators to tell us if they would give the same responses to the Dutch items as to the corresponding translated items. The translators rated the equivalence of the original and translated items as high.Samples We conducted the study on six samples: first year Dutch students and a Dutch midlife cohort (Van Oudenhoven et al., 2003) and four samples of immigrants living in the Netherlands: from Russia, Morocco, Poland and Hungary. The ASQ was administered to Polish, Russian and Hungarian first generation immigrants in their native languages. Moroccan first and secondgeneration immigrants received the ASQ in Dutch. Immigrants from Poland, Russia and Hungary were approached in places where they usually meet: communities, clubs, Sunday schools and parishes. Apart from the questionnaires and pre-paid envelopes, they were provided with a letter containing brief instructions and an explanation of the aim of the study. We asked participants to complete their questionnaires and also to distribute them among friends of the same nationality living in the Netherlands. Additionally, we sent questionnaires by e-mail to some of the participants through organizations in the Netherlands. Through the e-mail survey we obtained a total of 196 respondents, which accounted for 20, 5, and 18 percent of our Polish, Russian and Hungarian respondents respectively. The Moroccan participants were obtained using the snowball procedure. The Dutch first-year psychology students filled in the questionnaire as a course requirement. The Dutch midlife participants were obtained via a mail survey. Because there were no major differences in factor
