Translation and cultural adaptation of the States of Consciousness Questionnaire (SOCQ) and statistical validation of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30) in Brazilian Portuguese
Document title: Translation and cultural adaptation of the States of Consciousness Questionnaire (SOCQ) and statistical validation of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30) in Brazilian Portuguese
Journal: Archives of clinical psychiatry
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000407892
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Instituto Plantando Consciencia, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Psicologia Medica e Psiquiatria, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 44
Number: 1
Pages: 1-5
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The States of Consciousness Questionnaire (SOCQ) was developed to assess the occurrence features of the change in consciousness induced by psilocybin, and includes the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ), developed to assess the ocurrence of mystical experiences in altered states of consciousness. Objective To translate the SOCQ to Brazilian Portuguese and validate the 30-item MEQ. Methods The SOCQ was translated to Brazilian Portuguese and backtranslated into English. The two English versions were compared and differences corrected, resulting in a Brazilian translation. Using an internet-survey, 1504 Portuguese-speaking subjects answered the translated version of the SOCQ. The 4-factor version of MEQ30 was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis. Results A Brazilian Portuguese version of the SOCQ was made available. Goodness-of-fit indexes indicated that data met the factorial structure proposed for the English MEQ30. Factors presented excellent to acceptable reliability according to Cronbach’s alpha: mystical (0.95); positive mood (0.71); transcendence of time/space (0.83); and ineffability (0.81). Discussion The Brazilian Portuguese version of the MEQ30 is validated and it fits in the factorial structure performed on the original English version. The SOCQ is also available to the Brazilian Portuguese speaking population, allowing studies in different languages to be conducted and compared systematically
Disciplines: Medicina,
Psicología
Keyword: Psiquiatría,
Toxicología,
Psicometría,
Psilocibina,
Espiritualidad,
Nivel de conciencia,
Cuestionarios
Keyword: Medicine,
Psychology,
Psychiatry,
Toxicology,
Psychometrics,
Psilocybin,
Spirituality,
Consciousness,
Questionnaires
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