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contaminación cognitiva

English translation: cognitive contamination

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Spanish term or phrase:contaminación cognitiva
English translation:cognitive contamination
Entered by: Jorge Arteaga M.D.

15:51 May 6, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Spanish term or phrase: contaminación cognitiva
I really don't know if a literal translation is right here. I have also googled "cognitive contagion" and "cognitive pollution" but am none the wiser. The context is a study on the psychometric properties of a depressive rumination scale.

La escala SDRS fue aplicada primero para evitar contaminación cognitiva con otras escalas, a continuación se aplicó el BDI que recoge información sobre el estado emocional durante las dos últimas semanas.

SDRS = short depressive rumination scale
BDI = Beck's Depression Iventory
peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 04:12
cognitive contamination
Explanation:
I could not find instances of this related to psychology, but to religion. However, I don't see why you can't use a literal translation.
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Jorge Arteaga M.D.
United States
Local time: 22:12
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4 +3cognitive contamination
Jorge Arteaga M.D.
1unwanted overlap
Robert Forstag


  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
unwanted overlap


Explanation:
I don't know if this will work, but it does seem to express the intended meaning (i.e., measurement of variables other than the "depressive rumination" that is of concern here).

I am also unimpressed by the return of a mere 360 Google hits for the search of "cognitive contamination" + "scale," especially given that none of the results on the first page seem to have anything to do with psychometrics.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 22:12
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PRO pts in category: 120
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cognitive contamination


Explanation:
I could not find instances of this related to psychology, but to religion. However, I don't see why you can't use a literal translation.

Jorge Arteaga M.D.
United States
Local time: 22:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: I agree, this appears to be referring to something similar to study contamination.
17 mins
agree  neilmac
2 hrs
agree  philgoddard
4 hrs
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