Cross-Cultural Adaptation of The Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire for Brazil
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Home literacy encompasses practices adopted at home to promote children’s learning. In Brazil, few studies have addressed this topic, and the instruments used to measure the construct are nearly nonexistent. This study aims to adapt the Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire (Buvaneswari & Padakannaya, 2017) to the Brazilian context through a cross-cultural adaptation process. The procedure followed six steps: translation of the original instrument, reconciliation of versions, expert evaluation, assessment by the target audience, back-translation and approval by the original authors, and a pilot study. Thirty-two mothers of four-to-six-year-old children from diverse sociocultural backgrounds participated in the pilot study. The results indicated that participants experienced no difficulties completing the questionnaire. Along with the instrument adaptation, sociodemographic data were collected from the families. Preliminary analyses were conducted to explore correlations between families’ socioeconomic characteristics and the dimensions of the home literacy questionnaire. The findings align with existing literature: higher maternal education levels and family income were associated with higher scores in the home literacy dimensions. In conclusion, the adapted instrument demonstrates semantic and cultural equivalence with the original, uses clear language, exhibits good psychometric properties, and is suitable for the Brazilian context.
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