Recovery Experience Questionnaire: validity evidence of the Brazilian-Portuguese version

Abstract

The aim is to present validity evidence of the Brazilian-Portuguese Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ-PB) by applying a procedure to decentering cross-cultural scales translation and adaptation. First, we had a phase with bilingual experts, which assessed different criteria of translation quality. In sequence, we conducted the replication of the original research to achieve validity indicators in the Brazilian context. We carried out both Confirmatory Factor Analysis (to find structural validity indicators) and correlations with various external variables (to find convergent validity indicators). Step 1 showed promising results of decentering translation. In step 2 participated 164 workers and the CFA confirmed the four-factor model: psychological detachment from work, relaxation, mastery experience, and control over leisure time. The convergent validity showed a significant correlation with external variables. The REQ-PB showed adequate psychometric properties and may explain and compare empirical evidence of the recovery topic. We concluded that we have a good quality scale to be used in future research and integrated with other constructs to support interventions.

Adaptation of a Cultural Measure in Brazil – Developing a Short Version of the Individualism–Collectivism Vertical–Horizontal Scale

“…Perhaps a certain negligence in working with data from Latin America in general, and from Brazil in particular, can be attributed to the scarcity of valid and reliable instruments in these countries. Only a handful of instruments intended to measure individual variation along cultural dimensions have been validated for Brazilian samples (e.g., the Portrait Values Questionnaire – Refined, Torres et al, 2016; Triandis & Gelfand – Portuguese–Brazilian, Pérez-Nebra, Pedersoli, et al, 2023). This scenario creates a clear need for Brazilian scales that measure culture-related variables with Brazilians which have undergone the rigor of cross-cultural translation and adaptation (Brislin et al, 1973; Fischer & Fontaine, 2011; Pérez-Nebra, Pedersoli, et al, 2023; Smith et al, 2013; van de Vijver & Leung, 2011).…”