What Happens When Individuals Answer Questionnaires in Two Different Languages.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to compare scores from the English and the Spanish versions of two well-known measures of psychological distress using a within-subject approach. This method involved bilingual participants completing both measures in four conditions. For two groups of people, measures were offered in the same language both times and for the other two groups, each language version was offered, the order differing between the groups. The measures were the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure and the Schwartz Outcome Scale-10, both originally created in English and then translated to Spanish. In total, 109 bilingual participants (69.7% women) completed the measures in two occasions and were randomly allocated to the four conditions (English-English, English

SUBMITTER: Paz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8260934 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature