There might be a necessity to adapt the questionnaire to contextualize the items to fit the current need of the researchers. is it going to affect too much if the measurement items are rearranged or rephrased from the original scale ? is it going to affect during publishing articles in a good journal. because i found that some words used in the previous scale lets say is unclear to my respondents so can I change those words based on my respondents understanding? is there any rule of thumb?