title: Translation and adaptation of the Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (cPTCI) to Brazilian Portuguese.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Experiencing a traumatic event is a risk factor for the development of mental illness, especially posttraumatic stress disorder. A child's appraisals of a traumatic event may play a prominent role in the development or maintenance of the disorder. Therefore, subjective responses should be evaluated to understand the impact of a traumatic event on a child's life. This study translated and adapted the Child Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (cPTCI) for use in linguistic and cultural contexts in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The process included translation, back-translation, language expert evaluation and expert committee's evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Content validity index scores were good for all dimensions after evaluation by two judges and one reformulation. The back-translation of the final version also showed that the cPTCI items in Brazilian Portuguese maintained the same meanings of the original in English. This version was tested in a sample of the target population, and all the items were above the cut-off point (minimum = 3.6; maximum = 4.0).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study was successful in producing a Brazilian version of the cPTCI. Further studies are underway to examine the reliability and the factorial and concurrent validity of cPTCI subscales.
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Beatriz de Oliveira Meneguelo
authors.initials: Bde O
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.affiliation: PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alice Einloft
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Brunnet
authors.affiliation: PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago Loreto Garcia da
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lafaiete Moreira Dos
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Personality Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gauer
authors.affiliation: PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriane Xavier
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Arteche
authors.affiliation: PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Christian Haag
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kristensen