Abstract
Background: The Adult/Adolescent Sensory History (ASH) is a comprehensive self-report measure of sensory processing and integration in adolescents and adults. This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the ASH into Turkish using an established cross-cultural adaptation process. Methods: A multistage process included forward translation, synthesis, linguistic review, back-translation, expert committee review, expert evaluation and pretesting. The adaptation team comprised 39 translators, linguists, multidisciplinary professionals and representatives of the target population. Qualitative feedback and descriptive statistics were used to evaluate linguistic clarity, conceptual equivalence, cultural appropriateness and comprehensibility. Results: The Turkish ASH demonstrated semantic, idiomatic, experiential and conceptual equivalence with the original. Minor linguistic modifications improved readability and fluency without altering conceptual content. Expert evaluation supported its clarity, comprehensibility, internal coherence and cultural relevance. During pretesting, participants considered the questionnaire clear, comprehensible and culturally appropriate; no items required conceptual modification. Although some participants noted that completion required considerable time and concentration, no further revisions were necessary. Conclusion: The Turkish ASH was successfully translated and culturally adapted while preserving the conceptual integrity of the original instrument. Further research should establish its psychometric properties in clinical and non-clinical populations.