title: [The translation and cultural adaptation of the Management of Aggression and Violence Attitude Scale - MAVAS - for nurses in Brazil].
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.
authors: Department of Nursing, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, LondrinaPR, Brasil, mhirata@uel.br.
authors: Marcos Hirata
authors: MH
authors: Soares
authors: Divane
authors: D
authors: de Vargas
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014754:Violence