Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Pamela Reed’s Self-Transcendence Scale for the Spanish context

Authors

  • Alberto Pena-Gayo Universitat Jaume I, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
  • Víctor Manuel González-Chordá Universitat Jaume I, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
  • Águeda Cervera-Gasch Universitat Jaume I, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
  • Desirée Mena-Tudela Universitat Jaume I, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-3064 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2750.3058

Keywords:

Psychological Adaptation, Self-Transcendence, Holistic Nursing, Spanish, Spirituality, Validation Studies

Abstract

Objectives: the current study aimed to adapt the Self-Transcendence Scale (STS) to the Spanish context and analyse its psychometric properties. Method: the STS was administered to a general Spanish population of adults (i.e., older than 20 years; n = 116) through an online platform. The Psychological Well-Being (PWB) and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Spiritual Well-being – modified version for healthy people (FACIT-Sp-Non-Illness) scales were also applied in two moments separated by an interval of 15 days. Results: the results of the validation included the following statistics: αt = 0.772 (test) and αrt = 0.833 (retest); ICC = 0.278 (p = 0.097, intraclass) and 0.932 (p < 0.001, interclass); a Bland-Altman confirmation of the test/re-test (TRT) concordance; global content validity coefficient (S-CVI) = 0.92; r1 = 0.636 (PWB) and r2 = 0.687 (FACIT-Non-Illness; both p < 0.001); and three factors explained 42.3% of the variance. The STS showed positive apparent validity and feasibility. Conclusions: the Spanish version of the STS is valid for use in the general population, with updates relative to the Colombian version that include more natural wordings, syntactic corrections, inclusive language, a better definition of the concepts, and an alternative factor model.

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Published

2019-04-03

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How to Cite

Pena-Gayo, A., González-Chordá, V. M., Cervera-Gasch, Águeda, & Mena-Tudela, D. (2019). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Pamela Reed’s Self-Transcendence Scale for the Spanish context. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 26, e3058. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2750.3058