Translation and Validation of a French Version of Brown’s Support Behaviors Inventory in Perinatal Health

This article describes the process used for translation, testing for reliability and validity, and establishing factor structure of a French version of Brown’s Support Behaviors Inventory (SBI-Fr). The objective was to provide an adequate self-report measure of satisfaction with social support durin...

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Published in:Western journal of nursing research 2003-08, Vol.25 (5), p.561-582
Main Authors: Goulet, Céline, Polomeno, Viola, Laizner, Andréa Maria, Marcil, Isabelle, Lang, Ariella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Spontaneous - psychology
Adolescent
Adult
Canada
Cross cultural studies
Cross-Cultural Comparison
English language
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Fathers - psychology
Female
Fetal Death
French language
French version
Grief
Health behavior
Humans
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
New
Nursing
Patient Satisfaction
Perinatal care
Perinatal Care - standards
Perinatal period
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women - psychology
Principal components analysis
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Quebec
Questionnaires
Reliability
Satisfaction
Self report
Selfreport measures
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Translating
Translation
Validity
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Summary:This article describes the process used for translation, testing for reliability and validity, and establishing factor structure of a French version of Brown’s Support Behaviors Inventory (SBI-Fr). The objective was to provide an adequate self-report measure of satisfaction with social support during the perinatal period for use with a Francophone population in Québec, Canada. When compared with the English version, the French version had similar qualities regarding reliability and validity, but principal component analysis (N = 271) revealed that the SBI-Fr measures two distinct subscales, perceived satisfaction with partner’s and others’support. The availability of the SBI-Fr will facilitate the inclusion of Francophone respondents in studies of satisfaction with social support during the perinatal period and permit cross-cultural comparison between Francophone and other populations in not only Canada but also other Frenchspeaking countries.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456
DOI:10.1177/0193945903254718