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Cross-cultural validity of scores in Thayer's Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List (AD ACL)

It is often difficult and sometimes impossible to find the exact equivalent of a single word in another language. This study was conducted to evaluate whether it was possible to transport a list of English adjectives forming the AD ACL into Croatian and to measure activation dimensions proposed within the framework of Thayer's activation theory. In this study the AD ACL Short Form was translated by eight translators using a combination of several methods, and applied to 650 students of diverse study groups. The first and second order component analyses were performed with oblique rotations applied. The analyses replicated Thayer's four primary components (Energy, Wakefulness, Tension and Calmness) as well as two secondary components (Energetic and Tense Arousal). The primary components were moderately or slightly correlated while the secondary components showed neglectful correlation. The translated activation descriptors loaded on the primary and secondary components mostly as expected with a few cross-loadings. The only substantial difference was observed for the adjective quiet (tiho) that loaded on different secondary component than expected. The results showed that the Croatian AD ACL might serve as a factorially valid measure of the dimensions of momentary activation in Croatian-speaking individuals.

AD ACL; cross-cultural comparison; Energy; Tension; activation; arousal

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