TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The translation and cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale - MAVAS - for nurses in Brazil
JO  - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
A1  - Soares, Marcos Hirata
A1  - Vargas, Divane de
SP  - 899
EP  - 906
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420130000400018
ID  - ref1
ER  -