title: Translation and adaptation of the life stressor checklist-revised with Colombian women.
abstract: We undertook the translation and adaptation of an instrument developed to measure women's lifetime trauma exposure, the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R), in order to determine its utility and cultural appropriateness with Colombian Spanish-speaking women. The LSC-R was forward and backward translated and administered to a sample (N = 217) of community-based women volunteers in Medellín, Colombia. Open-ended questions were included to assess the construct validity and cultural appropriateness of the LSC-R. The LSC-R was found to be valid and easily understood. Trauma exposure was common, but its assessment was not overly distressing to Colombian women.
authors: Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA. janice.humphreys@nursing.ucsf.edu
authors: Janice Carrol
authors: JC
authors: Humphreys
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Bernal De Pheils
authors: Robert E
authors: RE
authors: Slaughter
authors: Tulia
authors: T
authors: Uribe
authors: Diva
authors: D
authors: Jaramillo
authors: Agnes
authors: A
authors: Tiwari
authors: Gladys Eugenia
authors: GE
authors: Canaval
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Amaya
authors: Maria Eugenia
authors: ME
authors: Mendoza Flores
authors: Ruth Ann
authors: RA
authors: Belknap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D057189:Checklist; D003105:Colombia; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D055815:Young Adult