Transcultural adaptation: translation and content validation of the Commitment Exercise Scale to the Brazilian language

Authors

  • Paula Costa Teixeira Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul
  • Norman Hearst Universidade da Califórnia; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística
  • Sandra Marcela Mahecha Matsudo Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul
  • Táki Athanássios Cordás FMUSP; Hospital das Clínicas
  • Maria Aparecida Conti FMUSP; Hospital das Clínicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832011000100006

Keywords:

Translation, scales, validation studies, eating disorders, exercise

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Exercise Commitment Scale (CES) evaluates commitment, attitude and behavior regarding exercise in eating disorders patients. OBJECTIVE: Translation and cultural adaptation of the CES for Portuguese (BRA), content validation and analysis of internal consistency. METHODS: This study involved five steps: (1) translation, (2) re-translation, (3) technical review and evaluation semantics, (4) content validation by professionals - judges, (5) assessment of the instrument in a sample of students, by assessing the degree of understanding and analysis of internal consistency by Cronbach's a coefficient. RESULTS: The scale was translated and adapted. It was considered easy to understand (degree of understanding from 4.3 to 4.9) and showed acceptable consistency coefficients (Cronbach's a: 0.60 to 0.79). DISCUSSION: Satisfactory results of this adaptation process allow the recommendation of the CES Brazilian version. Analysis is needed of construct and factorial validation, and of reproducibility.

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Published

2011-01-01

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Transcultural adaptation: translation and content validation of the Commitment Exercise Scale to the Brazilian language . (2011). Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, 38(1), 24-28. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832011000100006