چكيده لاتين :
In the French culture, the absence of a valid measure of childrenיs
attributional style has limited the testing of this phenomenon nationally. In this
study, a French equivalent of the English language version of the Childrenיs
Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ; Kaslow, Tannenbaum & Seligman,
1978) was developed using a five-step process. Multiple methods and samples
were used to examine the psychometric properties of the questionnaire. To test
the content validity ofthe French version ofthe CASQ, five experts were asked
about the accuracy of the items in terms of psychological and translation
quality. Concurrent validity was established in a sample of 47 bilingual
children. The questionnaire was then administered on three occasions to two
samples ofchildren (nl = 118, n2= 200) ranging in age from 8 to 12 years. The
results demonstrated that the French version of the CASQ has acceptable
content and concurrent validity and test-retest reliability. However, consistent
with a number of previous studies of the English language version of the
CASQ, the internal consistency reliabilities of the scales and subscales of the
French version were less than optimal.
