Cultural adaptation and validation of the Underwood's Daily Spiritual Experience Scale--Brazilian version

This study aimed to perform the cultural adaptation and analyzing the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Underwood's Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). The adaptation followed the internationally recommended procedures and the adapted version maintained equivalence to...

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Published in:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P 2012-10, Vol.46 Spec No, p.99
Main Authors: Kimura, Miako, de Oliveira, Acácia Lima, Mishima, Lina Sayuri, Underwood, Lynn G
Format: Article
Language:eng ; por
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Brazil
Cultural Characteristics
Humans
Spirituality
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:This study aimed to perform the cultural adaptation and analyzing the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Underwood's Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). The adaptation followed the internationally recommended procedures and the adapted version maintained equivalence to the original after wording adjustments in five items. In the application to 179 medical-surgical patients it was found evidences of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.91), test-retest reliability (ICC=0.94) and convergent validity, correlating with the Intrinsic Religiosity subscale of the Duke Religious Index DUREL (r=0.56, p
ISSN:0080-6234
DOI:10.1590/S0080-62342012000700015