RESUMO Todo instrumento de avaliação deve ser revisado e adaptado quando utilizado em uma população diferente daquela para a qual foi padronizado. Este artigo apresenta os procedimentos teóricos do processo de adaptação de uma Forma Reduzida do teste WISC-IV para surdos. Objetivando uma avaliação mais rápida, porém representativa do modelo quadrifatorial do teste, foram selecionados oito subtestes: Vocabulário, Semelhanças, Cubos, Raciocínio Matricial, Código, Procurar Símbolos, Dígitos e Sequência de Números e Letras. As instruções e os itens foram traduzidos para Libras e a versão inicial foi apresentada à peritos na cultura surda e testada em oito alunos surdos. A forma experimental resultou em inclusão e exclusão de itens, inserção de ilustrações e itens de exemplos e, ainda, algumas modificações no processo de aplicação dos subtestes, atendendo às especificidades da cultura surda. Após os ajustes necessários, a versão experimental deve ser testada em uma amostra mais representativa para a realização das análises psicométricas. Palavras-chave: WISC-IV, surdos, inteligência, adaptação transcultural, forma reduzida. ABSTRACT-WISC-IV Reduced Form Proposal for Intellectual Assessment of the Deaf Each assessment instrument should be reviewed and adapted when used with a population other than the one for which it was standardized. This article presents the theoretical procedures of the adaptation process for a Reduced Form of the WISC-IV test for deaf people. Aiming for a faster, but representative, evaluation of the quadripartite model of the test, eight subtests were selected: Vocabulary, Similarities, Cubes, Matrix Reasoning, Coding, Symbol Search, Digit Span, and Letter-Number Sequencing. Instructions and items were translated into sign language and the initial version was presented to experts in deaf culture and tested on eight deaf students. The experimental form resulted in inclusion and exclusion of items, insertion of illustrations and sample items, as well as some modifications in the process of applying the subtests, taking into account the specificities of the deaf culture. After the necessary adjustments, the experimental version should be tested in a more representative sample for performing the psychometric analysis.
The initial stages of this manuscript were presented as a research project, in a synthetic way, at the XII Brazilian Congress of Cognitive Therapies ("Cross-cultural adaptation of instruments for the assessment of juvenile (hypo)mania: semantic validation", 2019) and at the 9th Brazilian Congress of Psychological Assessment ("Cross-cultural adaptation of assessment instruments for bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: semantic validation", 2019).
Introduction:The Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) was developed to measure individual differences in social comparison orientation and has been widely used in research and different contexts. The aim of this study was to adapt the online version of the INCOM and to evaluate its psychometric parameters when applied to a Brazilian population of university students. Methods: The procedures were divided into two steps: step 1cross-cultural adaptation and content validity, and step 2assessment of psychometric characteristics. In step 1, the processes of translation, evaluation by expert committee, evaluation by the target population, and the back-translation, were performed. In step 2, 1065 university students participated and factor analysis, analysis of reliability and validity based on external measures were performed. Results: The adaptation process showed satisfactory results, such as good indicators of content validity. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a two-dimensional structure and adequate factor loadings, except for item 11, which was excluded from the final version. Also, the final version of the scale presented adequate fit indices (χ2 = 148.45, df = 26; p < 0.001; RMSEA = 0.06; CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.98). Evidence of reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.83) was found, in addition to positive correlations with negative affect (r =0.36) and negative correlations with positive affect and self-esteem (r = -0.15; r = -0.41, respectively). Conclusion:The Brazilian version of the INCOM presents satisfactory psychometric parameters and can thus be used to measure social comparison orientation.
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