Development and reliability of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the MCMI-III.
This paper describes the methodology used to translate the MCMI-III into Brazilian Portuguese and presents results from a reliability study conducted in Brazil with the translated instrument. The sample was comprised of 222 Brazilian college students. Test-retest correlations between first and second testings (over a period of 7 to 14 days) ranged from .70 to .93 across 27 scales. Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from .54 to .87. The procedures described in this paper represent preliminary steps in the development of a Brazilian Portuguese translation of the MCMI-III. Further studies are needed to obtain reliability data with a clinical sample, evaluate the diagnostic validity of the scales, and derive appropriate base rates for the Brazilian population.
California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University--Los Angeles, Alhambra, California 91803, USA. cmagalhaes2@alliant.edu
Cristina L
CL
Magalhaes
Ellen S
ES
Magalhaes
Randy
R
Noblitt
John
J
Lewis
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult