Open AccessReliability and Validity Evidence of Scores on the French Version of the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents
Author(s) -
Mandarine Hugon,
Beatriz Delgado,
Cándido J. Inglés,
María Dolores Hidalgo,
José Manuel Garcı́a-Fernández,
Mari Carmen Martínez-Monteagudo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psychologica belgica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 2054-670X
pISSN - 0033-2879
DOI - 10.5334/pb.bl
Subject(s) - psychology , test validity , reliability (semiconductor) , assertiveness , clinical psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , anxiety , validity , social anxiety , developmental psychology , psychometrics , interpersonal relationship , concurrent validity , structural equation modeling , social psychology , psychiatry , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , internal consistency
This study examined the reliability and validity evidence drawn from the scores of the French version of the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents (QIDA) in a sample of 957 adolescents (48.5% boys) ranging in age from 11 to 18 years ( M = 14.48, SD = 1.85). A principal axis factoring (PAF) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were performed to determine the fit of the factor structure of scores on the QIDA. PAF and CFA replicated the previously identified correlated five-factor structure of the QIDA: Assertiveness, Heterosexual Relationships, Public Speaking, Family Relationships, and Close Friendships. The QIDA yielded acceptable reliability scores for French adolescents. Validity evidence of QIDA was also established through correlations with scores on the School Anxiety Inventory and the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents. Most of the correlations were positive and exceeded the established criteria of statistical significance, but the magnitude of these varied according to the scales of the QIDA. Results supported the reliability and validity evidence drawn from the scores of the French version of the QIDA.