Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the UPPS-P impulsive behavior scale for children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To translate and validate the version for children and adolescents of the UPPS-P scale into Brazilian Portuguese.

Method

After a five-step translation process, the final draft was submitted to a panel of 12 different specialties experts. Subsequently, the application of the scale was applied concomitantly with the "Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Scale - Version IV" (SNAP-IV) and the "Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory" (CABI) scale to analyze the correlation between them. Content Validity Index (CVI) and reliability were estimated by calculating internal consistency and analyzing its test-retest stability.

Results

The items whose CVI was lower than 80% underwent a detailed analysis to verify the reason for the bad evaluation. Five items (3, 7, 11, 22 and 35

SUBMITTER: Machado YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594007 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature