Japanese translation of the Evaluation of Sensory Processing.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to generate a translation of the Evaluation for Sensory Processing (ESP) for use in Japan by using three translation methods, the back translation, the committee approach, and the pretest method. The ESP is a parent questionnaire developed by students and faculty at the University of Southern California to identify child behaviors that indicate difficulties in sensory processing. In this study, two translators translated the ESP into Japanese, then the Japanese draft was back-translated into English by two back-translators. The English back-translation was repeatedly compared with the original ESP until the two English versions were judged to be equivalent. The final version of the Japanese ESP was field-tested with five parents.