@article{10902/35161,
year = {2024},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/35161},
abstract = {Background: Individuals exhibit varying degrees of flexibility depending on different characteristics, conditions, and diagnoses. The Flexibility Scale is a comprehensive informant-report measure used to assess multiple aspects of flexibility in autistic and non-autistic children and youth, with an emphasis on cognitive aspects. This tool has not been adapted nor validated for use in Spain.
Methods: In this paper we aim to provide a culturally adapted and validated version of the Flexibility Scale for Spain. We detail the procedure followed by our research team to obtain a cultural adaptation of the scale for Spain, including forward and back translations, cognitive interviews, feedback from experts, and preliminary validation. Our participants in the validation process were 75 autistic and 39 typically developing children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 17.
Results: We reached a culturally adapted and preliminary validated version of the Flexibility Scale for Spain (Escala de Flexibilidad).
Conclusions: We make the scale available to researchers and practitioners working in Spain. This contributes to laying the groundwork for further testing and adaptations in Spanish-speaking countries and communities worldwide.},
organization = {The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research has been partially supported by projects FUNLAT (PID2021-122233OB-I00) and VASTRUD (PGC2018-096870-B-I00) funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF/EU”, and by the IT1537-22 Research Group (Basque Government). VP’s research has been supported by the fellowship IJC2020-043408-I, funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF/EU”. IM-G’s research has been supported by grant no. PRE2019-089758, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIU)/Spanish Research Agency (AEI)/10.13039/501100011033, and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER, EU). We are very grateful to all the experts that contributed to the cultural adaptation phase and to John F. Strang, the first author of the original scale, for his constructive feedback during the adaptation process. Special thanks to Héctor Hernández for his support in the validation phase. We are also very grateful to all the families who participated in this study, as their generosity inspires us to keep working.},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
publisher = {Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2024, 15, 1443078},
title = {Cultural adaptation and preliminary validation of the Flexibility Scale for Spain},
author = {Rodríguez-Armendariz, Ekaine and Petrolini, Valentina and Martín-González, Isabel and Juncal Ruiz, María and Vicente, Agustín},
}