GONCALVES, Angelica Martins de Souza; ARCIPRETE, Ana Paula Rodrigues; BARROSO, Tereza Maria Mendes Diniz de Andrade    PILLON, Sandra Cristina. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire for Brazil. []. , serIV, 19, pp.11-19. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV18014.

Background: The health field has been studying attitudes with the purpose of investigating their relationship with the several practices that are part of their action scope. In nursing, one of those perspectives refers to students’ attitudes about working with alcohol and/or drug users. Objective: To perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation, to test the internal consistency and construct validity of the scale Drug and Drug Problems Perceptions Questionnaire in a population of Brazilian nursing students. Methodology: Methodological study, with Brazilian nursing students (N = 246) of technical and higher courses. The translation and cross-cultural adaptation were carried out and the principal component analysis and Cronbach’s alpha calculation were conducted. Results: The results were consistent with the organization of the dimensions proposed by the authors of the original version, in spite of the difference in the structure of the items that constitute them. The overall internal consistency was a = 0.85. Conclusion: The instrument was considered cross-culturally adapted and showed good values of construct validity and internal consistency.

: validation studies; attitude; nursing; students, nursing; nursing evaluation research.

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