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Rigorous Translation and Cultural Adaptation of an Autism Screening Tool: First Years Inventory as a Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Screening tools for autism spectrum disorders serve a vital role in early identification of all children who may need evaluation and support. Recent studies suggest that traditional methods used in this field to translate such tools may be insufficient for maintaining linguistic, construct, or technical equivalence, resulting in screening tools that do not meet high psychometric standards in the new population. This study implemented a rigorous translation and cultural adaptation process by translating the First Years Inventory v3.1 (Baranek et al. First year inventory (FYI) 3.1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, 2003) for a US-based Spanish-speaking population. A description of this process is provided with results from data collected during each phase. The unique challenges that were identified and addressed are detailed for future translation teams.

SUBMITTER: DuBay M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rigorous Translation and Cultural Adaptation of an Autism Screening Tool: First Years Inventory as a Case Study.

DuBay Michaela M Watson Linda R LR Baranek Grace T GT Lee Helen H Rojevic Carolina C Brinson William W Smith Danna D Sideris John J

Journal of autism and developmental disorders 20210104 11

Screening tools for autism spectrum disorders serve a vital role in early identification of all children who may need evaluation and support. Recent studies suggest that traditional methods used in this field to translate such tools may be insufficient for maintaining linguistic, construct, or technical equivalence, resulting in screening tools that do not meet high psychometric standards in the new population. This study implemented a rigorous translation and cultural adaptation process by tran ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundDating violence (DV) is a major public health problem with serious consequences for the young population. The Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (CADRI) is the most internationally used tool to measure DV. However, no tool has been translated, culturally adapted, or validated in the Greek context to assess the prevalence of DV in the Greek population.AimTo culturally adapt, validate, and translate the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory (CADRI) in the Greek language to ensure its reliability and cultural and linguistic validity in the Greek population.MethodsA cross-cultural adaptation process and cross-sectional study were carried out. There were two phases in the research. First, face validity was assessed after the first phase of translation, which included cross-cultural item adaptation, content validation and expert review of the instrument. In the second stage, the scale's psychometric qualities were assessed on a sample of nursing college students. A CADRI instrument was used to assess DV.ResultsThe final sample comprised a total of 177 university students. The internal consistency and reliability were good (>0.7), with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.889 for the violence perpetrated subscale and 0.925 for the violence suffered subscale, indicating strong correlations between the total item scores. After exploratory factor analysis was performed, the structure obtained was similar to the original structure. Furthermore, 88.7% of university students perpetrated DV in the last year on their partners, and 90.7% suffered DV, with verbal and emotional violence the most common types.ConclusionThis study provides robust evidence of the validity and reliability of the CADRI for measuring DV in the Greek university population. Additionally, the high prevalence makes it necessary to create DV prevention plans and further research, especially among nursing students.ImpactValidation of the CADRI in Greece will increase the knowledge of DV in this population, which lacks validated instruments.Public contributionThe results obtained with the CADRI can be applied to the prevention of DV in young people.

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