Author(s): Hayes, Chloe ; Gregory, Jane ; Aziz, Rahima ; Cerejeira, Joaquim ; Cruz, Marina ; Simões, José Augusto Rodrigues ; Vitoratou, Silia
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/14234
Origin: uBibliorum
Subject(s): Misophonia; S-Five Scale; Psychometrics; Selective sound sensitivity syndrome; Portuguese; Translation
Misophonia, a disorder characterised by an extreme sensitivity to certain sounds, is increasingly being studied in cross-cultural settings. The S-Five scale is a multidimensional psychometric tool initially developed to measure the severity of misophonia in English-speaking populations. The scale has been validated in several languages, and the present study aimed to validate the European Portuguese S-Five scale in a Portuguese-speaking sample. The scale was translated into Portuguese using a forward-backwards translation method. The psychometric properties of the S-Five scale were evaluated in a sample of 491 Portuguese-speaking adults. Confrmatory factor analysis supported a fve-factor structure consistent with previous versions of the S-Five scale. The fve factors were as follows: (1) internalising appraisals, (2) externalising appraisals, (3) perceived threat and avoidance behaviour, (4) outbursts, and (5) impact on functioning. The satisfactory psychometric properties of the S-Five scale further indicated its cross-cultural stability. As a psychometrically robust tool, the S-Five can measure misophonia in Portuguese-speaking populations, allowing future studies to explore and compare misophonia in this population.
