Abstract

The Positive Youth Development Scale-Short Form (PYD-SF) is a 34-item questionnaire assessing the Five Cs model of PYD that has received little interest in contexts outside of the United States. This study aimed to validate the PYD-SF for use with older adolescents in a French-Canadian context, by testing the bifactor structure and examining its reliability and validity with respect to important adolescent outcomes (e.g., vitality, depression, substance use). The French-Canadian version of the scale was administered to 359 ninth-grade students (M_age = 14.39; 50% girls) attending two schools in the province of Quebec. The results found support for the bifactor model. Likewise, the global PYD showed moderate associations with the adolescent outcomes in expected directions with high internal consistency estimates. These findings suggest the French-Canadian version of PYD-SF reliably measures the global construct of PYD, but caution is needed in calculating the C-specific subscale scores.

摘要

积极青年发展量表简表 (PYD-SF) 是一份包含 34 项的问卷，用于评估 PYD 的 5C 模型，但该模型在美国以外的环境中几乎没有引起人们的兴趣。本研究旨在通过测试双因子结构并检查其在重要青少年结果（例如活力、抑郁、物质使用）方面的可靠性和有效性，验证 PYD-SF 在法国-加拿大背景下对老年青少年的使用。法国-加拿大版本的量表对 359 名九年级学生（M_{年龄）进行了测试}= 14.39；50% 是女孩）在魁北克省的两所学校上学。结果发现支持双因素模型。同样，全球 PYD 显示出与青少年结果在预期方向上的中等关联，且内部一致性估计较高。这些发现表明，法国-加拿大版本的 PYD-SF 可靠地衡量了 PYD 的整体结构，但在计算 C 特定子量表分数时需要谨慎。