Neuropsychological application of the International Test Commission Guidelines for Translation and Adapting of Tests.

Journal: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS

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Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Queens, NY, USA. Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA. University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA. Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN Clinical Resource Hub, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. Neuropsychology & Clinical Psychology Unit, Duttanagar Mental Health Centre, Kolkata, WB, India. School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.

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The number of test translations and adaptations has risen exponentially over the last two decades, and these processes are now becoming a common practice. The International Test Commission (ITC) Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests (Second Edition, 2017) offer principles and practices to ensure the quality of translated and adapted tests. However, they are not specific to the cognitive processes examined with clinical neuropsychological measures. The aim of this publication is to provide a specialized set of recommendations for guiding neuropsychological test translation and adaptation procedures.The International Neuropsychological Society's Cultural Neuropsychology Special Interest Group established a working group tasked with extending the ITC guidelines to offer specialized recommendations for translating/adapting neuropsychological tests. The neuropsychological application of the ITC guidelines was formulated by authors representing over ten nations, drawing upon literature concerning neuropsychological test translation, adaptation, and development, as well as their own expertise and consulting colleagues experienced in this field.A summary of neuropsychological-specific commentary regarding the ITC test translation and adaptation guidelines is presented. Additionally, examples of applying these recommendations across a broad range of criteria are provided to aid test developers in attaining valid and reliable outcomes.Establishing specific neuropsychological test translation and adaptation guidelines is critical to ensure that such processes produce reliable and valid psychometric measures. Given the rapid global growth experienced in neuropsychology over the last two decades, the recommendations may assist researchers and practitioners in carrying out such endeavors.

Authors & Co-authors:  Nguyen Christopher Minh CM Rampa Shathani S Staios Mathew M Nielsen T Rune TR Zapparoli Busisiwe B Zhou Xinyi Emily XE Mbakile-Mahlanza Lingani L Colon Juliet J Hammond Alexandra A Hendriks Marc M Kgolo Tumelo T Serrano Yesenia Y Marquine María J MJ Dutt Aparna A Evans Jonathan J Judd Tedd T

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Authors :  16
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Doi : 10.1017/S1355617724000286
SSN : 1469-7661
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Male,Female
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Cross-cultural neuropsychology;assessment;cultural diversity;test adaptation;test development;test translation
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England