Reliability and Validity Evidence of Scores on the French Version of the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents

Abstract

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.

Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and School Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric properties in French adolescents

“…Additional support for the validity of the SAS-A scores comes from its associations with other variables such as social anxiety, interpersonal anxiety, and social functioning (i.e., convergent and discriminant validity, and test-criterion relationships) in different samples of adolescents [22,25,31,33,37,38].…”

“…Findings revealed positive and statistically significant correlations between the SAI and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Two recent studies found that SAI subscales correlated positive and Running Head: FRENCH VALIDATION OF THE SAS-A AND THE SAI 9 moderately with assertiveness, heterosexual relationships, and public speaking subscales scores of the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents, whereas the correlations of SAI subscales with close friends and family difficulties were small [25,42].…”

“…School anxiety and social anxiety are constructs closely related [25,26]. Students with school anxiety or social anxiety usually also show anxiety in social situations inside the classroom.…”