Guidelines for translating and adapting psychological instruments
Guidelines for translating and adapting psychological instruments
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DOI：
10.1027/1901-2276.61.2.29
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
Gudmundsson, Einar
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作者：
Gudmundsson, Einar
翻译但不标准化的心理工具在非英语国家广泛使用。对于其中许多文书，关于翻译方法、改编程度、可靠性、有效性和其他心理测量特性的资料很少。这种信息的缺乏对考生和临床及其他应用环境中的决策产生了不可预见的后果。在本文中，有人认为，有必要制定指导方针，概述最低要求，以证明专业和道德使用非标准化的心理工具。八个标准的建议，所有这些都应该得到满足，以证明在应用环境中使用非标准化的仪器。最后，它强调的是，使用非标准化的工具应被视为暂时的和试探性的;所有翻译和改编的心理仪器，将用于临床或其他应用背景下的最终目标应该是适当的标准化。
Translated but unstandardised psychological instruments are widely used in non-English speaking countries. For many of these instruments meagre information is available on the method of translation, extent of adaptations, reliability, validity and other psychometric properties. This lack of information has unforeseen consequences for test-takers and decision making in clinical and other applied settings. In this paper it is argued that there is a need for guidelines outlining the minimum requirements to justify professional and ethical use of unstandardised psychological instruments. Eight criteria are suggested and all of these should be met in order to justify the use of unstandardised instruments in applied settings. Finally, it is emphasised that the use of unstandardised instruments should be viewed as temporary and tentative; the final aim of all translations and adaptations of psychological instruments that are to be used in a clinical or other applied context should be proper standardisation.