Adaptação Transcultural do Protocolo FEC - Funções Executivas em Crianças para o Português Brasileiro

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the processes of translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Childhood Executive Functions Battery (CEF-B), designed to evaluate executive functions in children and adolescents from 6 to 16 years of age. Six steps were carried out to ensure the quality of the processes: 1. instrument translation into the new language; 2. synthesis of the translated versions; 3. evaluation of the synthesized version by experts; 4. evaluation by the target population; 5. back-translation and 6. pilot study. We sought to ensure the translation and adaptation properties of the CEF-B in terms of semantic, idiomatic, experiential and cultural equivalence between the instructions in the original language and the target language. Results showed preliminary evidence of cultural adequacy and a satisfactory comprehension of the instrument instructions by the target population.

Pieces of evidences of reliability of the Brazilian version of the Child Executive Functions Battery (CEF-B)

“…It should be mentioned that in addition to the findings regarding reliability evidences, the study by Guerra et al (2021) allowed to expand the CEF-B adaptation process (Guerra et al 2020b) by presenting preliminary normative data and evidences of validity that favor the use of this version in the Brazilian context. Results revealed evidences of developmental validity and a factorial structure compatible with the theoretical proposition of the battery, revealing consistent evidence of construct validity.…”

“…Thus, a dynamic intercultural approach has been consolidated with several countries, including Brazil. Given the lack of EF test batteries based on childcentered theoretical models, the CEF-B was adapted to the Brazilian context (Guerra et al 2020b). However, a test's adaptation is only the first step to its implementation into a new culture (Borsa et al 2012).…”