Cross-cultural adaptation, face validity, and semantic content validity of the Volitional Questionnaire (version 4.1, 2007) into Brazilian Portuguese

Matos, Natalie Torres de; Mello, Patrícia Cotting Homem de; Rocca, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida; Serafim, Antônio de Pádua

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Original Article • Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup. 32 • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO28093651 copy

Cross-cultural adaptation, face validity, and semantic content validity of the Volitional Questionnaire (version 4.1, 2007) into Brazilian Portuguese

Adaptação transcultural, validade de face e validade semântica de conteúdo do Questionário de Volição (versão 4.1, 2007) para o português do Brasil

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Abstract

Introduction

The Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) defines volition as a person's motivation to engage in an occupation. It encompasses their choice, experience, understanding, and anticipation of that occupation, influenced by personal causation, values, and interests concerning the environment. The Volitional Questionnaire (VQ) is extensively used to measure the volitional component of occupation and evaluate how the environment facilitates or inhibits an individual’s motivation. Prior to the translation of the VQ into Brazilian Portuguese, there were no standardized instruments of this nature in Brazil.

Objectives

This study aims to outline the process involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of the VQ for Brazilian Portuguese, including assessments of face validity and semantic content validity.

Method

The translation and cross-cultural adaptation were performed according to established protocols involving translation, back-translation, review by an expert committee, and assessments of face validity and semantic content validity. The expert committee comprised 20 participants: 12 occupational therapists, two final-year undergraduate students in occupational therapy, and six psychologists.

Results

This study presents the initial outcomes of the VQ’s cross-cultural adaptation, face validity, and semantic content validity.

Conclusion

The preliminary findings suggest that the VQ’s Brazilian version demonstrates face validity and semantic consistency. The subsequent phase will involve a pre-test and an assessment of psychometric properties.

Keywords:
Validation Studies; Motivation; Occupational Therapy; Volition

Participant	Semantic	Idiomatic	Cultural
1	Change: “record sheet” (folha de regristo) for “form” (formulários) ; “contexto of the environment” (contexto do ambiente) for “collection location” (local de coleta).	Change: “looks curiuous” (mostra-se curioso) for “shows curiosities” (mostra curiosidades); “continues in activity” (continua na atividade) for “continue with the activity” (prossegue na atividade); Change: “birthday” (data de aniversário) for “date of birth” (data de nascimento); “summary” (sumário) for “synthesis or resume” (síntese ou resumo).	Change “answer key” (chave de respostas) for “indicators” (indicadores)
2	Change: “doubtful” (duvidoso) for “hesitant” (hesitante); “does not manifest” (não manifesta interesse) por “passive” (passivo)
3	Change: “doubtful” (duvidoso) for “hesitant” (hesitante); “does not manifest” (não manifesta interesse) por “passive” (passivo)
4	Change: “answer key” (chave de respostas) for “indicators” (indicadores); “incentive” (incentivo) for “encouragement” (encorajamento); Include the word “ambient” (ambiente) and put the verb “to do” (fazer) into infinitive form, resulting in: “the cliente has the desire to engage in the environment for pleasure and satisfaction, and to make discoveries in low-risk situations” (o cliente tem o desejo de se envolver no ambiente por prazer e satisfação, e fazer descobertas em situações de baixo risco) rather than “the cliente has a desire to engage with pleasure and satisfaction, and makes discoveries in low-risk situations” (o cliente tem o desejo de se envolver com prazer e satisfação, e faz descobertas em situações de baixo risco).
5	Change: “doubtful” (duvidoso) for “hesitant” (hesitante); “does not manifest” (não manifesta interesse) por “passive” (passivo)	Change: “looks curiuous” (mostra-se curioso) for “shows curiosities” (mostra curiosidades)
6	Change: “doubtful” (duvidoso) for “hesitant” (hesitante); “does not manifest” (não manifesta interesse) por “passive” (passivo)	Change: “looks curiuous” (mostra-se curioso) for “shows curiosities” (mostra curiosidades)
7		Change: “looks curiuous” (mostra-se curioso) for “shows curiosities” (mostra curiosidades)

Participant	Semantic	Idiomatic
1	Change: “record” (registro) for “form” (formulário) rather than “recort”; put in plural “type of environment”.	Change: “caracteristics of the environment in that the cliente was observed” (características do ambiente no qual o cliente foi observado) for “carcatecistics of the environment in which the environment was observed” (características do ambiente em que o cliente foi observado); “stereo” (sonorização) for “noise or ambiente sound” (barulho ou quanto ao som do ambiente); doubt about the meaning of terms “one by one” (um a um) and “pers” (pares).
2	Change “stereo” (sonorização) for “sound” (som).
3		doubt about the meaning of the terms “one by one” (um a um) and “pers” (pares).
4		doubt about the meaning of the terms “one by one” (um a um) and “pers” (pares).
5		doubt about the meaning of the terms “one by one” (um a um) and “pers” (pares).

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