@article{ref1,
title="The translation and cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale - MAVAS - for nurses in Brazil",
journal="Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P",
year="2013",
author="Soares, Marcos Hirata and Vargas, Divane de",
volume="47",
number="4",
pages="899-906",
abstract="This study translated and culturally adapted the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale - MAVAS - for use in Brazil (BR). The methodology followed the international guidelines for the cultural adaptation of psychometric scales: conceptual equivalence, semantic equivalence, items equivalence, and operational equivalence. A group of judges performed a content validity analysis that resulted in a 23-item scale divided into four factors with satisfactory content validity coefficients (CVCs) for the following parameters: clarity of language (CL; 0.88), practical relevance (PR; 0.91), and theoretical relevance (TR; 0.92). The data were collected in Londrina, state of Paraná, BR in 2011. The MAVAS was translated and culturally adapted for use in BR, and the MAVAS-BR exhibited satisfactory content validity. Future studies concerning the MAVAS-BR are suggested, including the evaluation of psychometric qualities, such as its construct validity and reliability.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0080-6234",
doi="10.1590/S0080-623420130000400018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420130000400018"
}