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Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students

INTRODUCTION: Communication apprehension (CA) refers to an individual’s level of fear or anxiety toward either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) is the most widely used measure of CA, even among healthcare st...

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Autores principales: de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto, Pereira, Sylmara Nayara, dos Santos, Willian Melo, dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses, Rocha, Kérilin Stancine dos Santos, Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina, Faro, André, Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende, de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7861414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33539387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246075
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author de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto
Pereira, Sylmara Nayara
dos Santos, Willian Melo
dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses
Rocha, Kérilin Stancine dos Santos
Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina
Faro, André
Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende
de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira
author_facet de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto
Pereira, Sylmara Nayara
dos Santos, Willian Melo
dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses
Rocha, Kérilin Stancine dos Santos
Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina
Faro, André
Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende
de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira
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description INTRODUCTION: Communication apprehension (CA) refers to an individual’s level of fear or anxiety toward either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) is the most widely used measure of CA, even among healthcare students. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to undertake a cross-cultural adaptation of this scale, translate it into Brazilian Portuguese, and examine its psychometric properties among healthcare students. METHODS: The translation and cross-cultural adaptation procedures were undertaken with the objective of establishing compatibility between the original and translated scales. The content validity of the scale was established based on the feedback of a multidisciplinary expert committee. Its psychometric properties were evaluated using a convenience sample of 616 healthcare students. Its construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Its internal consistency was examined by computing Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients. Its criterion validity was examined against the Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS). RESULTS: The adapted scale demonstrated acceptable content validity. EFA showed that it was undergirded by one dimension, and this observation was confirmed by the results of CFA. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency. Its convergent validity was examined by conducting correlation analysis, and scores on the adapted PRCA-24 were negatively correlated with scores on the ICCS. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of the PRCA-24 has satisfactory psychometric properties and is, therefore, suitable for use with Brazilian healthcare students. It can be used to assess their communication needs for the purpose of designing tailored training programs.
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spelling pubmed-78614142021-02-12 Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto Pereira, Sylmara Nayara dos Santos, Willian Melo dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses Rocha, Kérilin Stancine dos Santos Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina Faro, André Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: Communication apprehension (CA) refers to an individual’s level of fear or anxiety toward either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) is the most widely used measure of CA, even among healthcare students. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to undertake a cross-cultural adaptation of this scale, translate it into Brazilian Portuguese, and examine its psychometric properties among healthcare students. METHODS: The translation and cross-cultural adaptation procedures were undertaken with the objective of establishing compatibility between the original and translated scales. The content validity of the scale was established based on the feedback of a multidisciplinary expert committee. Its psychometric properties were evaluated using a convenience sample of 616 healthcare students. Its construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Its internal consistency was examined by computing Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients. Its criterion validity was examined against the Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS). RESULTS: The adapted scale demonstrated acceptable content validity. EFA showed that it was undergirded by one dimension, and this observation was confirmed by the results of CFA. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency. Its convergent validity was examined by conducting correlation analysis, and scores on the adapted PRCA-24 were negatively correlated with scores on the ICCS. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of the PRCA-24 has satisfactory psychometric properties and is, therefore, suitable for use with Brazilian healthcare students. It can be used to assess their communication needs for the purpose of designing tailored training programs. Public Library of Science 2021-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7861414/ /pubmed/33539387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246075 Text en © 2021 de Araújo et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto
Pereira, Sylmara Nayara
dos Santos, Willian Melo
dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses
Rocha, Kérilin Stancine dos Santos
Cerqueira-Santos, Sabrina
Faro, André
Mesquita, Alessandra Rezende
de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira
Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students
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title_fullStr Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students
title_short Brazilian version of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students
title_sort brazilian version of the personal report of communication apprehension: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation among healthcare students
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7861414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33539387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246075
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