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Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) - Brazilian version
Breno Sanvicente-Vieira1, Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon1, Luis Eduardo Wearick-Silva1
1Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Center for Studies and Research in Traumatic Stress, Graduate Program in Psychology, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil, Center for Studies and Research in Traumatic Stress, Graduate Program in Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
The Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) was successfully translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese. This validated tool assesses Theory of Mind (ToM) and social cognition in healthy individuals.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Theory of Mind (ToM) is crucial for social cognition.
- The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a key instrument for assessing ToM.
- A Portuguese version of the RMET is needed for Brazilian research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To translate and adapt the RMET into Brazilian Portuguese.
- To create both paper-and-pencil and computerized versions.
- To ensure the adapted RMET is suitable for clinical and research use.
Main Methods:
- Formal translation and semantic adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese.
- Acceptability trial with health professionals as judges.
- Testing with healthy participants to compare outputs with original versions.
Main Results:
- The RMET was adequately adapted to Brazilian Portuguese.
- The adapted version demonstrated acceptability and similar outputs to other language versions.
- The number of images was maintained from the original English version.
Conclusions:
- The adapted RMET provides a valuable resource for Brazilian research on social cognition.
- This instrument is important given the scarcity of adapted cognitive assessment tools in Portuguese.
- The RMET is available in both paper-and-pencil and computerized formats for versatile administration.
