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    CROSS-CULTURAL TRANSLATION, ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF

    PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS

    The translation and adaptation of psychological tests used for practice and research
    requires careful attention to issues of bias and equivalence. Thorough translation methods help
    reduce bias and enhance equivalence of multilingual versions of a test. Of equal importance is
    statistical verification of equivalence.

    The adaptation of psychological instruments is a complex task that requires careful


    planning regarding its content maintenance, psychometric properties, and general validity for the
    intended population. During this process, one must provide both the evidences of the semantic
    equivalence of the items and the adequate psychometric properties of the new version of the
    instrument. It is also important that the adaptation of an instrument possesses a cultural fit, that
    is, its preparation for use in different cultural contexts.

    Translation is merely the first stage of the adaptation process. When adapting an
    instrument, cultural, idiomatic, linguistic and contextual aspects concerning its translation should
    be considered. Once the instrument is adapted, studies between different populations that
    compare the characteristics of individuals in different cultural contexts may be conducted.
    Accordingly, research on the adaptation of instruments has placed great emphasis on comparing
    results through studies that use different samples.

    The process of adapting an existing instrument, rather than developing a new one that is
    specifically for the target population, has considerable advantages. By adapting an instrument,
    the researcher is able to compare data from different samples and from different backgrounds,
    which enables greater fairness in the evaluation because the same instrument assesses the
    construct based on the same theoretical and methodological perspectives. The use of adapted
    instruments naturally enables a greater ability to generalize and also enables one to investigate
    differences within an increasingly diverse population.

    In general, the literature indicates that instrument adaptation entails five essential stages:
    (1) instrument translation from the source language into the target language,

    (2) synthesis of the translated versions,

    (3) analysis of the synthesized version by expert judges,

    (4) back translation, and

    (5) a pilot study.

    However, there are key aspects that are important in the process of adapting the new version of
    an instrument that are not included in these stages, such as the conceptual evaluation of items by
    the target population, and a discussion with the original instrument's author regarding the
    proposed changes in the new version of the instrument. Therefore, we present our proposal for
    the adaptation of instruments based on six stages:

    (1) instrument translation from the source language into the target language,

    (2) synthesis of the translated version,

    (3) a synthesis evaluation by expert judges,

    (4) instrument evaluation by the target population,

    (5) back translation, and

    (6) a pilot study.

    In addition, a seventh stage that is normally not included in the adaptation process but that we
    deem important to confirm whether the instrument structure is stable when compared to the
    original instrument, which is accomplished by statistical procedures .

    Regarding the validation of instruments for cross cultural studies, the instrument is tested in
    different cultures to verify the stability of its structure and parameters when applied to different
    cultural groups and contexts.

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