Adaptação transcultural e avaliação da consistência interna da versão em português da Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS)

Abstract

ResumoContexto: A espiritualidade pode ser considerada uma dimensão pessoal para a compreensão de questões sobre a vida, sobre significados e sobre o relacionamento com o sagrado ou transcendente, pelo qual pode (ou não) estar relacionada com rituais religiosos. Objetivo: Avaliar a consistência interna da versão traduzida e adaptada para o Brasil do instrumento Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS). Métodos: Estudo descritivo, de corte transversal. Aplicou-se a SSRS para estudar sua consistência interna em uma amostra constituída de 138 (69%) homens usuários de substâncias psicoativas vinculados a diferentes serviços para reabilitação ou participando de grupo de mútua ajuda. Resultados: A consistência interna, analisada pelo coeficiente de alfa de Cronbach, apresentou valor global de 0,8355, variando de 0,7028 a 0,8878. Conclusões: A versão brasileira da SSRS apresentou valores de consistência interna semelhantes aos da versão original em inglês e podem ser considerados bons. SC / Rev Psiq Clín. 2009;36(1):10-15 Palavras-chave: Espiritualidade, consistência interna, SSRS. Gonçalves AMS, Pillon AbstractContext: Spirituality can be considered a personal dimension to understand questions about life, about meanings and the relationship with the sacred or transcendent, which may (or not) be related to religious rituals. Objective: To evaluate the internal consistency of translated and adapted for Brazil version of the instrument Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS). Methods: Descriptive, cross sectional study. The SSRS has been applied to study it the internal consistency in a sample consisted of 138 (69%) males psychoactive substance users linked to different services for rehabilitation or participating in group of mutual-help. Results: The internal consistency, evaluated by the coefficient of Chronbach's alpha, showed overall value of 0.8355, ranging from 0.7028 to 0.8878. Conclusions: The Brazilian version of SSRS showed value of internal consistency similar to the original version in English and can be considered good.Gonçalves AMS, Pillon SC / Rev Psiq Clín. 2009;36(1):10-15

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