Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults

The systematic validation of a French version of this questionnaire represents an important contribution in its own right, especially given that French is the official language in 32 countries and territories worldwide (International Organization of La Francophonie, 2018). [...]this validation may indicate if the solid and stable factor structure of the SAQ is generalizable to French-speaking countries. [...]the objective of the present paper is to validate the French version of Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (Caballo et alii, 2012), using participants from Canada and Belgium. [...]studies are warranted in order to: a) establish clinical cut-off scores (for men and women) to discriminate between subjects with and without social anxiety disorder, and b) examine if the instrument is sensitive to clinical changes following treatment. [...]despite these limitations, the findings of this study indicate that the French version of SAQ demonstrated adequate reliability and validity in the evaluated samples. [...]the French version of the SAQ may be used as a valuable instrument to assess social anxiety in both clinical and research contexts.