Cross-cultural adaptation of the Module for Assessment of Domestic Violence, adapted from Axis I of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-2), with a sample of Brazilian women, victims of domestic violence.

Luciane Maria Both,Carla Crempien,Taís Cristina Favaretto,Lúcia Helena Machado Freitas

doi:10.1590/2237-6089-2018-0075

Abstract

Intimate partner domestic violence against women causes physical and psychological harm to victims. The relevance of this topic is indisputable and there is a need to identify in greater detail how these women experience violence, since these factors have considerable clinical implications. To develop a Portuguese version of the Module for Assessment of Domestic Violence, adapted from Axis I of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-2), considering content validity and psychometric characteristics. Cross-cultural adaptation was based on guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. OPD clinical interviews were recorded and transcribed. These interviews were analyzed by two independent judges trained in the OPD-2. The sample comprised 56 women who had been victims of domestic violence, with a mean age of 30.07 years (standard deviation = 9.65). The adapted version has content validity and good psychometric characteristics. Evaluation of semantic equivalence took into account the psychodynamic references, using the same ideas as the original instrument. Interexaminer reliability between the judges was substantial (k = 0.63) and Cronbach's alpha for the new version indicates good reliability. The OPD-2 offers a psychodynamic diagnosis of the victim that complements traditional nosological diagnosis, particularly in the context of domestic violence with the adaptation of Axis I. Certain biases could have been detrimental to aspects of this study, but they were controlled. The study objective was achieved and the Module was successfully adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. The results are in line with those of the original study.

Highlights

Intimate partner domestic violence against women causes physical and psychological harm to victims
The present study describes adaptation of the English version of the Module for Assessment of Domestic Violence,[12] adapted from Axis I of the OPD-213 to produce Brazilian Portuguese versions of the manual and the scoring form
Instrument The Module for Assessment of Domestic Violence,[12,14] has 16 items subdivided into six categories: a) Type of violence: These items refer to the different forms of expression or manifestations that domestic violence may take, and to the level of severity of each type of violence, as well as to the severity of violence as a whole. b) Duration of the domestic violence situation: This is an indicator of the chronicity of domestic violence, so it provides important information about the severity of the problem. c) Intensity of subjective suffering: This item refers to the subjective suffering expressed by the victim due to intimate partner violence