Adaptation and validation of the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese

• Published in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 29 - 37
• Main Authors: Cotrena, Charles, Branco, Laura Damiani, Fonseca, Rochele Paz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Portugal Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul - Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 01.03.2018; Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
• Subjects: Bipolar disorder; Decision making; Factor analysis; Mental depression; neuropsychology; PSYCHIATRY; psychometrics; surveys and questionnaires; Translation; Decision making; inquéritos e questionários; neuropsicologia; psychometrics; neuropsychology; Tomada de decisões; psicometria; surveys and questionnaires

Abstract Introduction: Decision making (DM) is among the most important abilities for everyday functioning. However, the most widely used measures of DM come from behavioral paradigms, whose ecological validity and standalone use has been criticized in the literature. Though these issues could be ad...