Cross-cultural adaptation of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale – Short Form (IGDS9-SF) to the Brazilian context

Autor: Mariana F. Donadon, Marcos H. N. Chagas, Thiago D. Apolinário-da-Silva, Erika T. K. Okino, Jaime E. C. Hallak, Êdela A. Nicoletti, Karina Pereira-Lima, Edson A. Degan, Rafael G. Santos, João Paulo Machado-de-Sousa, João L. Q. Simei, Lucas M. Oliveira, Halley M. Pontes, Flávia L. Osório
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vol 42, Iss 3, Pp 262-266 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2238-0019
2237-6089
DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0032
Popis: Abstract Introduction The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale – Short Form (IGDS9-SF) assesses the severity, harmful effects and/or consequences of excessive online and offline gaming. Its conciseness and theoretical foundations on current diagnostic criteria of gaming disorders make it a useful resource for clinical and screening settings. Objective To describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the IGDS9-SF to the Brazilian context. Methods The cross-cultural adaptation involved the steps of independent translation of the instrument, synthesis version, back-translation, pre-test and elaboration of the final version. Content validity assessment was conducted by a multidisciplinary committee of experts and consisted of both a quantitative analysis (calculation of content validity coefficients – CVC) and a qualitative analysis (assessment of the experts’ comments and suggestions). The pre-test sample consisted of 30 gamers with variable sociodemographic characteristics. Results The cross-cultural adaptation of the scale followed the proposed protocol, and the CVC was satisfactory (≥ 0.83) for all the structures and equivalences assessed. Most of the suggestions made by the experts were accepted (mainly adjustments and language standardization). The gamers who participated in the pre-test judged the scale easy to understand and did not suggest changes. Discussion The Brazilian version of the IGDS9-SF showed adequate content validity and is available for researchers and clinicians, as well as for the investigation of additional psychometric characteristics.
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