Cet article fait état de quatre études ayant pour but la validation en français de l’Échelle d’orientation contingente extrinsèque (Extrinsic Contingency Focus Scale ; Williams et al., 2010Williams T.J., Schimel J., Hayes J., Martens A. The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat European Journal of Social Psychology 2010 ;  40 : 300-320

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti), qui mesure la tendance générale d’une personne à s’évaluer en fonction de facteurs extrinsèques. Tel qu’anticipé, les résultats des études 1 et 2 confirment la structure unifactorielle, la consistance interne et la fidélité temporelle de la version française de l’outil. L’étude 3 témoigne de la validité convergente de l’instrument alors que la dernière étude démontre sa validité prédictive dans le cadre de la théorie de la gestion de la terreur (Solomon et al., 1991Solomon S., Greenberg J., Pyszczynski T. Terror management theory of self-esteem Handbook of social and clinical psychology: the health perpective Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press (1991).  pp. 21–40.

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti). L’ensemble de ces résultats établit l’équivalence des versions française et anglaise de l’instrument ainsi que la pertinence de son utilisation dans les recherches sur l’estime de soi.

The Extrinsic Contingency Focus Scale (ECFS; Williams et al., 2010Williams T.J., Schimel J., Hayes J., Martens A. The moderating role of extrinsic contingency focus on reactions to threat European Journal of Social Psychology 2010 ;  40 : 300-320

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti) measures the general propensity to base one’s self-evaluation on extrinsic contingencies.

The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of a French version of the ECFS.

Four studies were conducted to test the factorial structure of the scale, internal consistency, temporal stability and predictive validity of the French version.

As anticipated, results from studies 1 and 2 confirmed the scale’s unidimensional structure, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Study 3 established the convergent validity of the scale, while the last study demonstrated its predictive validity in the context of terror management theory (Solomon et al., 1991Solomon S., Greenberg J., Pyszczynski T. Terror management theory of self-esteem Handbook of social and clinical psychology: the health perpective Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press (1991).  pp. 21–40.

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Overall, the results show the usefulness of this contingent self-esteem measure and suggest that the psychometric properties of the French version of the instrument are equivalent to the original English version.