Tradução e adaptação transcultural do domínio função física do Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System – PROMIS® - versão para a língua portuguesa

In 2004, the National Institutes of Health made available the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System – PROMIS®, which is constituted of innovative item banks for health assessment. It is based on classical, reliable Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and includes advanced statistical methods, such as Item Response Theory and Computerized Adaptive Test. One of PROMIS® Domain Frameworks is the Physical Function, whose item bank need to be translated and culturally adapted so it can be used in Portuguese speaking countries. This work aimed to translate and culturally adapt the PROMIS® Physical Function item bank into Portuguese. FACIT (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy) translation methodology, which is constituted of eight stages for translation and cultural adaptation, was used. Fifty subjects above the age of 18 years participated in the pre-test (seventh stage). The questionnaire was answered by the participants (self-reported questionnaires) by using think aloud protocol, and cognitive and retrospective interviews. In FACIT methodology, adaptations can be done since the beginning of the translation and cultural adaption process, ensuring semantic, conceptual, cultural, and operational equivalences of the Physical Function Domain. During the pre-test, 24% of the subjects had difficulties understanding the items, 22% of the subjects suggested changes to improve understanding. The terms and concepts of the items were totally understood (100%) in 87% of the items. Only four items had less than 80% of understanding; for this reason, it was necessary to chance them so they could have correspondence with the original item and be understood by the subjects, after retesting. The process of translation and cultural adaptation of the PROMIS® Physical Function item bank into Portuguese was successful. This version of the assessment tool must have its psychometric properties validated before being made available for clinical use.

Qualidade de vida na demência – adaptação transcultural dos questionários DEMQOL e DEMQOL-Proxy para a população portuguesa: equivalência semântica, conceptual e de conteúdo

Objetivo - Adaptar e realizar a transculturação dos questionários DEMQOL e DEMQOL-Proxy para a população portuguesa, construídas por Smith et al, em 2005, que pretendem colmatar as lacunas existentes aos dados relacionados com a qualidade de vida no que remete a esta em utentes com demência leve, moderada e severa. Metodologia – A metodologia inclui a parte de revisão da literatura (problemática em questão) e o processo de adaptação dos questionários. O processo implica tradução, retroversão, revisão e adaptação cultural à nossa cultura. Foram recolhidos alguns dados demográficos, com o intuito de melhor caracterização da população. Resultados – Os questionários DEMQOL e DEMQOL_Proxy versão portuguesa demostraram muito boa consistência interna α = 0,747 e 0,812, respetivamente. Apresentam excelente reprodutibilidade entre itens (ICC= 0,845 (-0,484 – 0,984; IC 95%) para o DEMQOL e 0,812 (0,636 – 0,928; IC 95%) para o DEMQOL-Proxy. Conclusões – Foi conseguida a equivalência semântica, conceptual e de conteúdo dos questionários que mostraram ser indicados para a população portuguesa, com bons indicadores em algumas das suas propriedades psicométricas, nomeadamente: consistência interna e reprodutibilidade entre itens.

Transcultural satire in German fiction of Turkish migration: Self-deprecation, ethnic impersonation, intertexuality

My dissertation presents a study of satire in contemporary German Fiction of Turkish migration. Engaging with a body of works hitherto neglected in scholarship, I examine how satirical texts, films, and plays intervene critically in discourses on post-unification German national identity. Drawing on the seminal work of scholars such as Leslie Adelson, Tom Cheesman, B. Venkat Mani, Petra Fachinger, and Deniz Göktürk, my dissertation expands the scholarship of Turkish German Studies by linking a discussion of satire as a critical rhetoric to the question of how we talk about what it means to be German.

Chapter one offers a novel framework of the satirical vis-à-vis standard conceptions of satire and deconstructionist theories of reading. I understand satire as a form of rhetoric that creates moments of ambiguity by bringing together intersectional categories like gender, ethnicity, race, religion, in order to challenge the audience’s practices of interpreting cultural otherness. Chapter two examines the use of ethnic self-deprecation as one such strategy in Osman Engin’s short stories and his first novel, Kanaken-Ghandi through the lens of Bakhtinian polyphony and Judith Butler’s work on hate speech. Engin, I argue, employs ethnic selfdeprecation as a narrative strategy to straddle the line between deconstructing and re-affirming cultural stereotypes. Investigating the role of ethnic impersonation in Hussi Kutlucan’s film Ich Chef, Du Turnshuh, the third chapter turns to the question of ethnicity as a visual signifier for the negotiation of cultural inclusion and exclusion in post-1990 film. In dialogue with Katrin Sieg’s work on ethnic drag and Amy Robinson’s theory of passing, I show how the film challenges ethnically-coded narratives of Germanness. In the final chapter on Nurkan Erpulat and Jens Hillje’s play Verrücktes Blut, I discuss how intertextuality and adaptation (Hutcheon, Genette) of different story and character worlds are used to create moments of ambiguity and overdeterminacy in the play, in order to challenge the audience’s perception of what an inclusive German society might look like.

Culture in Transfer: Translation and Transcultural Communication International Conference

It is widely acknowledged that interpreters need to have knowledge of the cultures represented by the languages they work with (e.g. Roy 2002, Angelelli 2004, Wadensjŏ 2008). However, it is not clear what interpreters are expected to do with this knowledge. Some scholars recommend that interpreters be cultural mediators (e.g. Katan 2004 & 2014). As an attempt to examine existing guidelines on interpreters’ roles in the face of cultures/cultural issues, the research reported in this paper compares and contrasts the codes of conduct for interpreters from a number of associations and institutions in the UK, the US and China. The research has collected three different sets of data and has sought to investigate (1) in what ways interpreters are expected to do with their knowledge of cultures; (2) to what extent interpreters’ role as cultural mediators is referred to or defined in these codes of conduct; and (3) whether or not relevant guidelines are practically helpful for interpreters to deal with the range of cultural issues they may encounter in interpreting. Data analysis suggests that while cultural knowledge is a requisite for interpreters, the expectation for them to be cultural mediators may depend on the types of interpreting setting they work with and further guidelines are needed so that interpreters are clear on what they are required to do in dealing with cultural issues. The paper then discusses the implications of these findings and points to some directions for future research. Key references Brunette, L., G Bastin, I. Hemlin and H. Clarke (ed.). The Critical Link 3: Interpreters in the Community. Amsterdam/Philadephia: John Benjamins. Hale, S. 2007. Community Interpreting. Hampshire, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. The International Association of Conference Interpreting, 2015. Interpreting Explained. Available from: http://aiic.net/; accessed on 24 June 2015 Katan, David, --- 2004. Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators. St Jerome. --- 2014. Workshop: Translation at the cross-roads: time for the transcreational turn? University College London. Martín, Mayte C. & Mary Phelan, 2009. Interpreters and Cultural Mediators – different but complementary roles. In: Translocations: Migration and Social Change. ISSN Number: 2009-0420 (online) McDonough Dolmaya, Julie, (2011. Moral ambiguity: Some shortcomings of professional codes of ethics for translators. In: The Journal of Specialised Translation. Issue 15, January 2011 (online). Pöchhacker, F., 2008. Interpreting as Mediation. In: (ed.) Valero Garcés, C. and Martin, A, Crossing Borders in Community Interpreting: definitions and dilemmas, pp. 9-26. John Benjamins Amsterdam and Philadelphia. Roy, Cynthia B., 2002. The Problem with Definitions, Descriptions, and the Role Metaphors of Interpreters. In: (ed.) Pöchhacker, Franz & Miriam Shlesinger, The Interpreting Studies Reader. Routledge. Wadensjö 1998. Interpreting as Interaction. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc.

Validação Transcultural das Escalas ZKPQ-50-CC (Personalidade), BAS (Imagem Corporal) e AS (Ambivalência na Decisão de Ter Relações Sexuais) para Adolescentes

Introdução: A adolescência é um período onde se operam muitas mudanças tanto físicas como psíquicas. É comum o surgimento de algumas perturbações que devem ser convenientemente avaliadas pelo Psicólogo. É assim, muito importante o rigor na avaliação em Psicologia sendo essencial a utilização de instrumentos que sejam válidos e fiáveis. Metodologia: O principal objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e validar, para a população portuguesa, três instrumentos de avaliação de adolescentes: O Zuckerman Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire Cross-cultural 50 items version (ZKPQ-50-CC) (Aluja, Rossier, García, Angleitner, Kuhlman, & Zuckerman, 2006), para avaliação da personalidade; a Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) (Avalos, Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2005), para avaliação da apreciação corporal positiva e; a Ambivalence Scale (AS) (Pinquart, 2009) para avaliação da ambivalência na decisão de ter relações sexuais. Este estudo metodológico incidiu sobre 877 a adolescentes das escolas secundárias em Leiria e Porto de Mós sendo maioritariamente (64,08%) do sexo feminino e com média de 16,70 anos (DP = 1,21) de idade. Na validação seguiu-se a mesma metodologia dos autores das escalas originais a quem foi solicitada autorização, assim como às direções das instituições onde recolhemos os dados. Solicitou-se igualmente consentimento aos pais e aos adolescentes. Resultados: A Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) e a Ambivalence Scale (AS) constituídas por 7 itens, permitem obter uma pontuação global e apenas um fator. Por seu lado, a determinação das caraterísticas psicométricas do ZKPQ-50-CC permite manter as 5 escalas da estrutura do original. Conclusão: Os três instrumentos apresentam valores de consistência interna e validade que permitem que sejam considerados rigorosos e fiáveis podendo ser utilizados futuramente em avaliação e investigação. / Introduction: Adolescence is a period of a lot of changes both physical and psychic. It´s common the emergence of some disorders that should be properly evaluated by the Psychologist. It is thus very important the rigor of Psychological Evaluation and it´s essential to use instruments that are valid and reliable. Metodology: The main objective of this study was to translate and validate, for the Portuguese population, three assessment instruments in adolescence: The Zuckerman Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire Cross-cultural 50 items version (ZKPQ-50-CC) (Aluja, Rossier, García, Angleitner, Kuhlman , & Zuckerman, 2006) for personality assessment, the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) (Avalos, Tylka, & Wood Barcalow, 2005), to evaluate the positive body assessment; and the Ambivalence Scale (AS) (Pinquart, 2009) for assessment of ambivalence in the decision about having sexual intercourse. This methodological study focused on 877 adolescents from high schools in Leiria and Porto de Mós, mostly females (64,08%), mean age of 16,70 years old (SD = 1,21). The validation followed the same methodology the authors of the scale, to whom consent was requested, as well as to directors of the institutions where we collect data. We also asked for consent to parents and adolescents. Results: The Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) and the Ambivalence Scale (AS), both with seven items, allow to obtain an overall score and only one factor. For its part, the determination of the psychometric features of QPZK-50-CC allows to maintain the five scales of the original structure. Conclusion: The three instruments show internal consistency and validity that allow them to be considered accurate and reliable and used in future evaluation and research.

L’expérience mimétique dans l’apprentissage adulte: le cas des formations par simulation

L’objectif cet article est de discuter la pertinence de la notion de mimétisme dans l’apprentissage adulte en prenant appui sur une recherche effectuée au cours d’une formation sur simulateur de pleine-échelle pour des infirmiers en anesthésie. Les résultats montrent que les participants engagés dans des dispositifs de formation par simulation font une expérience particulière, qualifiée de mimétique, qui ne peut être réduite entièrement au travail de référence. Nos résultats soulèvent la question du rapport de "similarité-différence" entre l’activité de travail et l’activité de formation. Nous faisons l’hypothèse que l’expérience mimétique est également présente dans d’autres environnements d’apprentissage qui sont considérés comme «sérieux»: c’està-dire ne nécessitant pas d’engagement explicitement ludique ou mimétique de la part des participants. (DIPF/Orig.)

L’impact des formations formelles sur le revenu et la durée du chômage des immigrants qualifiés dès l’arrivée au Québec

Cette étude évalue l’impact des formations formelles sur le revenu et la durée du chômage des immigrants de la classe des travailleurs qualifiés résidant dans la province de Québec. En effet, elle cherche à vérifier l’adéquation entre les formations formelles et les caractéristiques observables de ces immigrants d’une part, puis l’adéquation entre ces formations et la situation économique des immigrants d’autre part. Après avoir effectué une analyse descriptive de la base de données, la méthode d’appariement multiple basée sur les scores de propension généralisés est utilisée pour estimer l’effet causal des formations formelles sur le revenu et la durée du chômage des immigrants. De plus, la méthode de régression par quantile est utilisée pour faire ressortir l’effet causal de ces formations par quantile. En moyenne, les résultats de l’étude montrent que les formations formelles diminuent la durée de chômage des participants, avec une baisse de 580 jours pour les participants aux formations linguistiques. Les effets quantiles des formations professionnelles et académiques sont plus élevés sur le 75è quantile des distributions de la durée du chômage, avec des baisses respectives de 491 et 495 jours. Cependant, les formations formelles n’augmentent pas le revenu des participants. C’est pourquoi le gouvernement du Québec doit bien clarifier ses objectifs d’immigration selon l’augmentation de l’employabilité d’une part ou selon l’augmentation du niveau salarial d’autre part. Pour une optimisation des ressources, il est recommandé au gouvernement d’orienter les immigrants vers les formations linguistiques car elles diminuent plus la durée du chômage et de chercher la meilleure politique qui permettrait de rattraper l’écart salarial entre les participants et les non-participants des formations.

Adaptação transcultural da Infiltration Scale para o português

Objetivo: Traduzir, adaptar e avaliar as propriedades psicométricas da Infiltration Scale para a cultura portuguesa. Métodos: Estudo metodológico de adaptação transcultural com avaliação das propriedades psicométricas da Infiltration Scale em uma coorte com 110 adultos submetidos à terapia intravenosa. Resultados: Na tradução e adaptação cultural, as adequações linguísticas foram discutidas pelos investigadores e um painel de especialistas, havendo concordância em 85,71% dos critérios clínicos, exceto "Possible numbness". A escala captou infiltração em 48 pacientes (prevalência de 60%). O edema foi o principal sinal evidenciado na inserção e áreas adjacentes ao cateter venoso. A consistência interna, determinada pelo alfa de Cronbach, foi de 0,85. Conclusão: A escala adaptada para a cultura portuguesa apresentou equivalência linguística em relação à original, mostrou-se válida e fidedigna, com boa consistência interna para avaliar a infiltração. A avaliação sistemática da infiltração com recurso a escala poderá subsidiar a tomada de decisão e implementação de medidas preventivas.

Stratigraphic micropalaeontology of the Upper Jurassic Neritic formations of Portugal and its Tethyan context. I - The Algarve Basin

Publicações inserida na colecção Memórias Geológicas, nº 35

Implicaciones de la edad y el país de pertenencia en la relación entre apoyo emocional percibido y depresión: un estudio transcultural

En el presente trabajo nos proponemos profundizar en el estudio de las implicaciones que la edad y los factores de tipo cultural asociados a la nacionalidad, puedan presentar respecto a la relación entre apoyo social y depresión. Con este objetivo, se ha entrevistado a una muestra total de 1503 personas de edad adulta (jóvenes, adultos y personas de edad avanzada) pertenecientes a España, Cuba y México. Para la evaluación de la depresión, se ha empleado el cuestionario CES-D, mientras que para la evaluación del apoyo emocional percibido y la satisfacción con el mismo, se aplicó un modelo estructurado de autoinforme elaborado por nosotros en el que se recoge la percepción de disponibilidad de apoyo emocional en diferentes fuentes (pareja, familiares, amigos, compañeros, vecinos) y la satisfacción con el mismo. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la relación obtenida entre apoyo emocional percibido según distintas fuentes y los valores en sintomatología depresiva está sujeta a variaciones en función de las influencias culturales asociadas al país de pertenencia de los sujetos entrevistados, y a su edad, así como a la interacción entre ambas variables.

L’évolution des professionnalités et métiers de l’urbain vue par des praticiens : quels enseignements pour les formations ?

Cette étude a été réalisée dans le cadre de la création de la Mention Ville et Environnements urbains, labellisée par le Laboratoire d’Excellence Intelligences des Mondes Urbains, conduite par Mathilde Girault (doctorante, UMR Triangle, LabEx IMU) et encadrée par Guillaume Faburel (professeur, UMR Triangle et responsable de l’Axe Etudes urbaines, LabEx IMU et coordinateur de l’Atelier 4 Formations et expérimentations pédagogiques).S’appuyant sur 25 entretiens qualitatifs auprès de praticiens de la région urbaine Lyon-Saint-Etienne et à l’échelle nationale, sur une analyse des référentiels métiers existants et un état de la littérature scientifique sur l’évolution des métiers de l’urbain, cette étude a :- participé à la constitution d’un réseau de praticiens impliqués dans la conception et animation de la Mention (Comité de perfectionnement) ;- dessiné les grands traits de l’évolution des cadres d’action collective, soit une coopération en essor dans la construction d’une vision politique et territoriale de l’urbain (tout particulièrement liée à une prise en responsabilité habitante), et un renouvellement du regard porté à l’espace (décentré du processus métropolitain) ;- fait émerger les attentes des praticiens en termes de formation, orientées vers une interdisciplinarité et intercognitivité pensées comme favorables à une réflexivité et une hybridité des savoirs (situés, vernaculaires, scientifiques…) ;- soulevé une recomposition des savoirs de l’urbain autour de l’individualité des praticiens, de la recherche (universitaire) et de l’environnement ; - point l’émergence de nouveaux métiers aux savoirs construits autour du paradigme de la complexité et de l’incertitude, aux pratiques relevant de la médiation, coopération et improvisation, ainsi qu’aux statuts flous et / ou hybrides revendiqués comme tels. Cette étude a ainsi permis de relever une acception différenciée par certains praticiens de la professionnalisation. Alors qu’elle est historiquement conçue comme la reconnaissance par un tiers – officialisée par une certification, un titre, etc. - d’une capacité à réaliser une fonction définie, la professionnalisation est pensée ici comme une construction in-dividuée (réflexive et singulière) de ses compétences en adéquation avec son métier et son évolutivité, par ses choix de formation (initiale et continue) et d’orientation professionnelle, les activités exercées, les lectures personnelles, les engagements associatifs et convictions… Cela influe sur le contenu des formations, leurs modalités pédagogiques et formations continues proposées.

INVESTIGATIONS INTO MECHANISMS UNDERLYING EXTREME WAVE FORMATIONS AND COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSIVE SIMULATIONS

Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain extreme waves or rogue waves in an oceanic environment including directional focusing, dispersive focusing, wave-current interaction, and nonlinear modulational instability. The Benjamin-Feir instability (nonlinear modulational instability), however, is considered to be one of the primary mechanisms for rogue-wave occurrence. The nonlinear Schrodinger equation is a well-established approximate model based on the same assumptions as required for the derivation of the Benjamin-Feir theory. Solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, including new rogue-wave type solutions are presented in the author's dissertation work. The solutions are obtained by using a predictive eigenvalue map based predictor-corrector procedure developed by the author. Features of the predictive map are explored and the influences of certain parameter variations are investigated. The solutions are rescaled to match the length scales of waves generated in a wave tank. Based on the information provided by the map and the details of physical scaling, a framework is developed that can serve as a basis for experimental investigations into a variety of extreme waves as well localizations in wave fields. To derive further fundamental insights into the complexity of extreme wave conditions, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations are carried out on an advanced Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) based parallel computational platform. Free surface gravity wave simulations have successfully characterized water-wave dispersion in the SPH model while demonstrating extreme energy focusing and wave growth in both linear and nonlinear regimes. A virtual wave tank is simulated wherein wave motions can be excited from either side. Focusing of several wave trains and isolated waves has been simulated. With properly chosen parameters, dispersion effects are observed causing a chirped wave train to focus and exhibit growth. By using the insights derived from the study of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, modulational instability or self-focusing has been induced in a numerical wave tank and studied through several numerical simulations. Due to the inherent dissipative nature of SPH models, simulating persistent progressive waves can be problematic. This issue has been addressed and an observation-based solution has been provided. The efficacy of SPH in modeling wave focusing can be critical to further our understanding and predicting extreme wave phenomena through simulations. A deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying extreme energy localization phenomena can help facilitate energy harnessing and serve as a basis to predict and mitigate the impact of energy focusing.

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Celiac Dietary Adherence Test: a simple questionnaire to measure adherence to a gluten-free diet

Background and aims: A gluten-free diet is to date the only treatment available to celiac disease sufferers. However, systematic reviews indicate that, depending on the method of evaluation used, only 42% to 91% of patients adhere to the diet strictly. Transculturally adapted tools that evaluate adherence beyond simple self-informed questions or invasive analyses are, therefore, of importance. The aim is to obtain a Spanish transcultural adaption and validation of Leffler's Celiac Dietary Adherence Test. Methods: A two-stage observational transversal study: translation and back translation by four qualified translators followed by a validation stage in which the questionnaire was administered to 306 celiac disease patients aged between 12 and 72 years and resident in Aragon. Factorial structure, criteria validity and internal consistency were evaluated. Results: The Spanish version maintained the 7 items in a 3-factor structure. Feasibility was very high in all the questions answered and the floor and ceiling effects were very low (4.3% and 1%, respectively). The Spearman correlation with the self-efficacy and life quality scales and the self-informed question were statistically significant (p < 0.01). According to the questionnaire criteria, adherence was 72.3%. Conclusion: The Spanish version of the Celiac Dietary Adherence Test shows appropriate psychometric properties and is, therefore, suitable for studying adherence to a gluten-free diet in clinical and research environments.

Convivencia escolar en instituciones de educación secundaria: un estudio transcultural desde la perspectiva estudiantil

La convivencia escolar es uno de los componentes de la educación acerca del cual se ha desarrollado un extenso debate, por más de cincuenta años. La idea de establecer una definición operacional del constructo, acentúa la necesidad de desarrollar estudios comparativos transculturales que faciliten su entendimiento. De igual forma, se enfatiza en la escasez de instrumentos con propiedades psicométricas que permitan analizar las variables que definen la convivencia escolar. Por tanto, el presente estudio utilizó la metodología cuantitativa con un diseño de investigación transversal descriptivo de tipo no experimental (i.e., ex post facto) para analizar la convivencia en centros escolares en los países de Argentina, España, México y Puerto Rico, desde la perspectiva de las comunidades estudiantiles, con el fin de conocer sus diferencias, similitudes e identificar perfiles. Además, se empleó un instrumento cuyas características técnicas también se analizaron como parte de la investigación. Los resultados que se obtuvieron a través de los distintos análisis demostraron que, de manera general, los estudiantes valoran positivamente la convivencia en sus respectivos centros. Sin embargo, al comparar los tipos de agresiones entre los países, se encontró diferencia más alta, estadísticamente significativa, en las agresiones físicas que se cometieron en los centros escolares mexicanos. Asimismo, los estudiantes puertorriqueños fueron principalmente víctimas de agresiones verbales y psicológicas, mientras que los españoles se declararon mayoritariamente agresores verbales. Por otro lado, la variable normas para la convivencia escolar fue la que más influyó en el nivel de victimización y agresión. Las propiedades psicométricas que presentó el Cuestionario de Alumnos lo hacen un instrumento que podría ayudar al personal de los centros escolares a recopilar evidencias acerca de sus situaciones y, en consecuencia, desarrollar estrategias para mejorar la convivencia.

Children's Fiction About 9/11: Ethnic, Heroic and National Identities

In this study, Lampert examines how cultural identities are constructed within fictional texts for young people written about the attacks on the Twin Towers. It identifi es three significant identity categories encoded in 9/11 books for children:ethnic identities, national identities, and heroic identities,arguing that the identities formed within the selected children’s texts are in flux, privileging performances of identities that are contingent on post-9/11 politics. Looking at texts including picture books, young adult fiction, and a selection of DC Comics, Lampert finds in post-9/11 children’s literature a co-mingling of xenophobia and tolerance; a binaried competition between good and evil and global harmony and national insularity; and a lauding of both the commonplace hero and the super-human. The shifting identities evident in texts that are being produced for children about 9/11 offer implicit and explicit accounts of what constitutes good citizenship, loyalty to nation and community, and desirable attributes in a Western post-9/11 context. This book makes an original contribution to the field of children’s literature by providing a focused and sustained analysis of how texts for children about 9/11 contribute to formations of identity in these complex times of cultural unease and global unrest.