Translation and adaptation of the life stressor checklist-revised with Colombian women

Health Care Women Int. 2011 Jul;32(7):599-612. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2010.528850.

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.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Checklist
  • Colombia
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Life Change Events
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychometrics / instrumentation
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
  • Stress, Psychological / diagnosis*
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
  • Translating*
  • Young Adult