Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language
This paper reports the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese version of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC). An independent translation of the questionnaire from the original version into European Portuguese was conducted. The sample consisted of 346 Po...
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This paper reports the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese version of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC). An independent translation of the questionnaire from the original version into European Portuguese was conducted. The sample consisted of 346 Portuguese adults, aged 18 to 65 years. Analyses were performed using R software (version 4.1.0). Exploratory factor analysis was performed to analyze the factor structure of the ADC scale, and a shorter 32-item version was found, with three new factors related to adaptation and daily life activities, gross motor coordination regarding ludic and physical activities that involve major muscular groups, and fine motor coordination activities. The Portuguese version demonstrated adequate reliability, as measured by internal consistency, item-total correlations, and test-retest reliability. All three factors and total scores were positively correlated with age. Gender differences were only found for the ludic and physical activities factor, with women presenting a higher score (more difficulties). This is a smaller-scale version that has good psychometric properties, making it a suitable alternative to the original scale when applied to Portuguese adults.
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spelling | doaj-art-ced1d6baf6bb4f079bbb4d17be5c58962025-07-30T15:47:15ZengCoimbra University PressPsychologica0871-46571647-86062025-07-016810.14195/1647-8606_68_3Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese LanguagePaula Rodrigues0Olga Vasconcelos1Denise Soares2Sónia Gonçalves-Lopes3Cláudia Sousa4Rita Barros5Insight – Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, Superior School of Sports and Education, Piaget Institute / Motor Control and Learning Laboratory, CIFI2D, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto.Motor Control and Learning Laboratory, CIFI2D, Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto.Liberal Arts Department, American University of the Middle East.Superior School of Health, Piaget Institute.Insight – Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, HEI-Lab - Digital Human-environment Interaction Lab / Faculty of Psychology and Education, Lusófona University.Insight – Piaget Research Center for Ecological Human Development, Superior School of Sports and Education, Piaget Institute. This paper reports the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese version of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC). An independent translation of the questionnaire from the original version into European Portuguese was conducted. The sample consisted of 346 Portuguese adults, aged 18 to 65 years. Analyses were performed using R software (version 4.1.0). Exploratory factor analysis was performed to analyze the factor structure of the ADC scale, and a shorter 32-item version was found, with three new factors related to adaptation and daily life activities, gross motor coordination regarding ludic and physical activities that involve major muscular groups, and fine motor coordination activities. The Portuguese version demonstrated adequate reliability, as measured by internal consistency, item-total correlations, and test-retest reliability. All three factors and total scores were positively correlated with age. Gender differences were only found for the ludic and physical activities factor, with women presenting a higher score (more difficulties). This is a smaller-scale version that has good psychometric properties, making it a suitable alternative to the original scale when applied to Portuguese adults. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/13917Developmental Coordination DisorderPortuguese adultsassessment toolreliabilityvalidity |
spellingShingle | Paula Rodrigues Olga Vasconcelos Denise Soares Sónia Gonçalves-Lopes Cláudia Sousa Rita Barros Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language Psychologica Developmental Coordination Disorder Portuguese adults assessment tool reliability validity |
title | Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language |
title_full | Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language |
title_fullStr | Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language |
title_full_unstemmed | Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language |
title_short | Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language |
title_sort | translation and adaptation of the adult developmental coordination disorders dyspraxia checklist adc into european portuguese language |
topic | Developmental Coordination Disorder Portuguese adults assessment tool reliability validity |
url | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/psychologica/article/view/13917 |
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