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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the children's exposure to domestic violence scale (CEDV) from English to Swahili

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  • Minanago, Chitegetse A.
  • Crutzen, Rik
  • van den Borne, Hubertus W.
  • Kaaya, Sylvia F.

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Most scales developed to assess childhood developmental outcomes are western-based and are written in the English language. This study aimed at translating and cross-culturally adapting the CEDV scale from English to Swahili to meet the social-cultural context of Tanzania and to enable Tanzanian children to effectively associate their exposure to inter-parental violence. The study was conducted in Iringa, Southern Tanzania, involving a sample of 247 i.e., 236 children (9–12-year-olds) and 11 adult participants. The adults comprised seven translators, a clinical psychologist, a childhood assessment expert, and two primary school teachers who were involved in translation work and adaptation evaluation workshops; selected using purposive and snowball techniques. Furthermore, a sub-final Swahili CEDV version was pretested with 10 purposively selected bilingual school-based child participants using cognitive interviews; while a survey with 210 randomly selected school children pilot tested a final CEDV Swahili measure. A 40-item Swahili CEDV scale, with good internal consistency (Ω = 0.89) emerged. Further testing of the Swahili CEDV for its validity is warranted to allow researchers and clinicians to be availed a measurement scale that is culturally relevant, reliable and valid for assessing Swahili speaking children’s exposures to inter-parental violence.

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  • Minanago, Chitegetse A. & Crutzen, Rik & van den Borne, Hubertus W. & Kaaya, Sylvia F., 2023. "Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the children's exposure to domestic violence scale (CEDV) from English to Swahili," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:148:y:2023:i:c:s0190740923001081
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106913
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