Conceptual and methodological bases for adapting psychological tests to the Algerian environment

Abstract EN

In the measurement process, we are concerned with estimating a part or characteristic of each but not measuring all in itself, and undoubtedly, we cannot talk about measurement without directly referring to psychological tests, whether those that measure intelligence, mental abilities or different personality characteristics.

this is why the medical examiner and academic researcher face challenges directly related to the application of scales within an environment for which they were not designed.

in this scientific article, we will try to address one of the most important difficulties in applying psychological tests to adapt psychological tests to the cultural environment by answering the following questions : what do we mean by adapting psychological tests and what's different from translating them ? what are the procedures for adapting psychological tests to be applied in the Algerian environment ? what are the criteria to verify the viability of the adapted metrics ?