%0 Journal Article
%T Avalia£¿£¿o da equival¨ºncia semantica e consist¨ºncia interna de uma vers£¿o em portugu¨ºs do Internet Addiction Test (IAT)
%A Conti
%A Maria Aparecida
%A Jardim
%A Adan Pelegrino
%A Hearst
%A Norman
%A Cord¨¢s
%A T¨¢ki Athan¨¢ssios
%A Tavares
%A Hermano
%A Abreu
%A Cristiano Nabuco de
%J Revista de Psiquiatria Cl¨ªnica
%D 2012
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0101-60832012000300007
%X objective: the aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the internet addiction test (iat) to the portuguese language. methods: the translation and evaluation process consisted of five steps: (1) translation; (2) back-translation; (3) peer review and evaluation of semantic equivalency by experts; (4) instrument evaluation through a sample of students, by evaluating their understanding level; and (5) analysis of the instrument's internal consistency (cronbach's alpha-coefficient). results: the instrument was translated and adapted to portuguese. as shown, the portuguese version of the iat was easily understood and the internal consistency value was 0.85. discussion: the translated and adapted iat displays a satisfactory internal consistency. in a further step, measurement and reproducibility analyses have to be conducted.
%K cross-cultural adaptation
%K scales
%K validity studies
%K internet addiction
%K brazil.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-60832012000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en