Validation française du Questionnaire du sentiment d’invulnérabilité à l’adolescence = Validation of the French version of the Adolescent Invulnerability Scale
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Titre
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
Créateur
Catherine Potard
Sujet
Egocentrism
Foreign Language Translation
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Risk Taking
Test Validity
assessment
invulnerability
risky behaviour
validation
Résumé
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)
volume
47
numéro
4
pages
305-312
Date
octobre 2015
Titre abrégé
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement
doi
10.1037/cbs0000022
issn
0008-400X
uri
Editeur
pdh
Source
2015-39687-001