French Adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale

IF 1.5 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI:10.1177/07342829231205811
Nicolas Bressoud, Rebecca Shankland, Philippe Dubreuil, Jacques Forest, Karel Belleville, Andrea C. Samson, Philippe Gay
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Background Positive psychology focuses on enhancing attitudes and behaviors that support well-being, with a key pillar being the use of psychological strengths for optimal functioning. This is linked to positive outcomes such as increased happiness and life satisfaction. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric validity of the French adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale (SUS), a self-report tool measuring how individuals use their strengths in daily life. The original SUS, developed by Govindji and Linley (2007), has not been thoroughly assessed across languages and cultures. Method The French SUS’s psychometric properties were examined using data from six independent French-speaking Canadian samples ( N = 1397). After removing cases with missing data, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on a subsample to establish the optimal factor structure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was then performed to assess the factor structure’s goodness-of-fit. Results Both EFA and CFA supported a unidimensional structure of the scale. The French SUS demonstrated good internal consistency (α = .94). The one-factor model yielded an RMSEA of .122, indicating some model misspecification. However, allowing residuals of some items to covary improved the model fit (RMSEA = .077). Conclusion The adapted French SUS exhibits similar properties to the original and presents no new consistency issues. This study contributes to adapting and validating the SUS in French for research and clinical practice. Future research should focus on developing a shorter version by eliminating redundancies and adapting the scale for children to evaluate positive psychology interventions' efficacy in youth.
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优势使用量表的法语改编
积极心理学侧重于增强支持幸福的态度和行为,其中一个关键支柱是利用心理优势实现最佳功能。这与积极的结果有关,比如增加幸福感和生活满意度。目的评价法国版优势使用量表(SUS)的心理效度,SUS是一种衡量个体在日常生活中如何使用优势的自我报告工具。最初的SUS是由Govindji和Linley(2007)开发的,并没有在语言和文化之间进行彻底的评估。方法使用6个独立的加拿大法语区样本(N = 1397)的数据对法语SUS的心理测量特性进行检验。剔除数据缺失病例后,对子样本进行探索性因子分析(EFA),建立最优因子结构。然后进行验证性因子分析(CFA)来评估因子结构的拟合优度。结果EFA和CFA均支持量表的一维结构。法国SUS具有良好的内部一致性(α = .94)。单因素模型的RMSEA为0.122,表明存在模型错配。然而,允许某些项目的残差协变改善了模型拟合(RMSEA = 0.077)。结论改编的法国SUS具有与原SUS相似的特性,没有出现新的一致性问题。本研究有助于调整和验证法语SUS的研究和临床实践。未来的研究应侧重于开发一个更短的版本,通过消除冗余和调整儿童量表来评估积极心理干预在青少年中的效果。
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Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (JPA) publishes contemporary and important information focusing on psychological and educational assessment research and evidence-based practices as well as assessment instrumentation. JPA is well known internationally for the quality of published assessment-related research, theory and practice papers, and book and test reviews. The methodologically sound and impiricially-based studies and critical test and book reviews will be of particular interest to all assessment specialists including practicing psychologists, psychoeducational consultants, educational diagnosticians and special educators.
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