Translating Questionnaires and Other Research Instruments

By O. Behling, K. Law. 2000

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Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions: the influence of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and attitudes (2011, methodology): “The questionnaire items were translated from English to Spanish and back-translated for accuracy reasons as recommended by Behling and Law (2000).”
The Self-Compassion Scale is a Valid and Theoretically Coherent Measure of Self-Compassion (2016, background): “Caution should be used before assuming that findings obtained with translations can be automatically generalized to the original language version of a scale, however, given potential issues with the quality of translations or else cultural factors impacting findings (Behling and Law 2000).”
Psychometric Properties of a Revised Version of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (2015, background): “…(i.e., the meaning of the source language item is preserved in the translation) and conceptual (i.e., the degree to which a concept, independent of the words used to operationalize it, exists in the same form in the source and target cultures) equivalence (Behling & Law, 2000) had been achieved.”
The relationship of mentoring and network resources with career success in the Chinese organizational environment (2006, methodology): “The translation/back-translation procedure was employed to ensure semantic equivalence of the original, English, version and the Chinese version of the questionnaire (Behling and Law, 2000).”
Consumers’ Emotional Bonds with Foreign Countries: Does Consumer Affinity Affect Behavioral Intentions? (2011, methodology): “Because the item pool was administered to non-Englishspeaking samples, we subjected all items to an extensive simultaneous translation/back-translation process (Behling and Law 2000; Craig and Douglas 2005), and we confirmed face validity by presenting the items to six local (native) consumers.”
A Short Version of the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale: Structural and Construct Validity Across Five Countries (2008, methodology): “Prior to distribution, all scales were translated into the target language by independent bilingual teams, using the original language version as reference and using a translation–back translation technique (cf. Behling & Law, 2000; Werner & Campbell, 1970).”
Is the shift in chronotype associated with an alteration in well-being? (2015, methodology): “The Polish translation of SWLS was conducted by the author of this manuscript using parallel blind technique (Behling & Law 2000).”
Job Insecurity and Well-Being: Moderation by Employability (2008, methodology): “When published Dutch versions of the scales were not available, the instrument was translated following the translation/back translation technique (Behling and Law 2000).”
The Impact of Years of Teaching Experience on the Classroom Management Approaches of Elementary School Teachers. (2012, background): “…language by the two researchers and submitted for review to two external professors in the same department to ensure that the instrument has the semantic equivalence across languages, conceptual equivalence across cultures, and normative equivalence to the source survey (Behling & Law, 2000).”