Posttraumatic growth measures: translation and adaptation of three self-report instruments to Brazilian Portuguese
Document title: Posttraumatic growth measures: translation and adaptation of three self-report instruments to Brazilian Portuguese
Journal: Archives of clinical psychiatry
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000402047
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Estres Traumatico, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Psicologia, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: May-Jun
Volumen: 43
Number: 3
Pages: 47-50
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Background Posttraumatic growth is one of the most commonly used concepts to evaluate positive changes after trauma. The principal scales used internationally to evaluate this phenomenon have not yet a Brazilian Portuguese version. Objectives This study aimed to translate and adapt to the Brazilian context the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the Core Beliefs Inventory (CBI), and the Event Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI). Methods The procedures included translation, back translation, expert committee’s evaluation, and pilot testing in the target population. Results All items of all three instruments had a good content validity index after evaluation by four experts and three reformulations. The back translation of the final version also demonstrated that all Brazilian Portuguese versions convey the same meaning as the original English version. The final version was pilot tested with 30 undergraduate students, and all the items were above the cut-off point. Discussion This study was able to produce Brazilian versions of the PTGI, CBI, and ERRI. Further studies are underway to determine the reliability, factorial validity, and convergent validity of the subscales of the instruments
Disciplines: Medicina,
Psicología
Keyword: Psiquiatría,
Psicología clínica,
Trauma psíquico,
Estrés postraumático,
Crecimiento postraumático,
Escalas psicométricas,
Adaptación transcultural
Keyword: Medicine,
Psychology,
Psychiatry,
Clinical psychology,
Psychic trauma,
Postraumatic stress,
Postraumatic growth,
Psychometric scales,
Transcultural adaptation
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