Validation française du Questionnaire du sentiment d’invulnérabilité à l’adolescence = Validation of the French version of the Adolescent Invulnerability Scale

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement

Catherine Potard

Egocentrism

Foreign Language Translation

Psychometrics

Questionnaires

Risk Taking

Test Validity

assessment

invulnerability

risky behaviour

validation

We examined the psychometric qualities of the French version of Adolescent Invulnerability Scale in a large sample of French young people. The French version of the AIS (AIS—Fr) was administered in 2 studies. In the Study 1, participants also completed other scales to measure convergent construct validity (e.g., BDI, risky behaviour and egocentrism). Factorial analysis yielded evidence for a structure with 3 first-order factors for the AIS: danger invulnerability, interpersonal and general invulnerabilities, with good model fit indices. This result was similar to that reported in the original studies. The internal consistency of the questionnaire’s different dimensions was satisfactory. Pearson’s correlation coefficients showed that the AIS had moderate to high correlations with egocentrism, addictive behaviours and symptoms of depression. Test–retest reliability at 3 weeks (Study 2) was good for 2 factors, the psychological invulnerability factor showed lower short-term stability. The French version of the AIS appears to be a useful instrument with a stable factorial structure over time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)

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4

305-312

octobre 2015

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement

10.1037/cbs0000022

0008-400X

pdh

2015-39687-001