Cross-cultural Validation of the Health Mindset Scale for Brazil
Brunno Nóbrega Queiroga, Thiago Batista Ravanelli, Lucas Vendas Maluf Braga, Murilo Alexandre, Rodrigo Góes Medea de Mendonça, Robert Meves

TL;DR
This paper validates a health mindset scale for use in Brazil, ensuring it is culturally appropriate and reliable for clinical practice.
Contribution
The study cross-culturally adapts and validates the Health Mindset Scale for Brazilian Portuguese, providing a new clinical tool.
Findings
The Health Mindset Scale was validated for Brazilian Portuguese with good reliability (Cronbach's alpha of 0.786).
A weak, negative correlation was found between age and health mindset scores.
A marginal gender difference was observed in one item of the scale.
Abstract
Objective To cross-culturally validate the Health Mindset Scale for Brazil, as well as adapt the terms and questionnaires for adequate understanding of Brazilians, using factor analysis as an instrument to validate its reliability. Methods Cross-cultural validation of the Health Mindset Scale into Brazilian Portuguese using the Beaton method, Cronbach's alpha calculation and factor analysis Results The sample consisted of 215 patients aged between 18 and 87 years (M = 41.98; SD = 15.72), with a mean age between 31 and 50 years (42.0%), and female (52 .6%), a marginally significant difference (p < 0.10) between men and women was observed for item 3. In this item, men's mean (M = 5.48; SD = 0.99) was higher than the average for women (M = 5.10; SD = 1.22), with a small effect size for the difference (d = 0.26). Pearson's r correlation coefficient was examined between the mean score…
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Taxonomy
TopicsBehavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
