Esposito, FrancescaDi Napoli, ImmacolataOrnelas, JoséBriozzo, EricaArcidiacono, CaterinaEsposito, FrancescaOrnelas, José2026-05-122026-05-122021-10-28Esposito, F., Di Napoli, I., Ornelas, J., Briozzo, E., & Arcidiacono, C. (2022). Examining life in detention: A process of survey translation and adaptation through an ecological and collaborative approach. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 50(3), 302–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.19188271085-23521540-7330http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/13951This paper illustrates the process we engaged in to translateand adapt a survey to examine life in an immigration deten-tion center in Italy from the perspective of the migrantsdetained therein. The process consisted of: the forward trans-lation of the original measure performed by four independenttranslators; a blind backward translation to identify misinter-pretations or incorrect cross-cultural and contextual adapta-tions; a synthesis of all translations to obtain a semifinalversion; the creation of an Expert Committee composed ofscholars, practitioners, and migrants with experience of deten-tion to assess equivalence and content validity; and, finally,pretesting with a group of 15 detained persons. Through thismulti-step process we obtained a measure capable of grasp-ing the context-specific meanings, needs and experiences thatcharacterize life in detention. The challenges and benefits of acollaborative and ecological approach to measurement trans-lation and adaption are discussed in the final section.engCollaborative researchecological perspectivemeasurement translationand adaptationmigrantdetentionmigrationjournal article10.1080/10852352.2021.1918827