{"title":"La dimensionnalité du questionnaire de soutien social ÉPS-10","authors":"Philippe Rousselle, François Vigneau","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The brief French-language social support questionnaire EPS-10 (Caron, 2013) was developed in the multidimensional approach to social support of the original Social Provisions Scale (Cutrona and Russell, 1987). According to Caron (2013), the EPS-10 includes five dimensions: attachment, social integration, reassurance of worth, tangible help, and guidance.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study assessed the dimensionality of the EPS-10 and examined the external validity of the EPS-10 dimensions suggested by Caron (2013).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>EPS-10 data from the Canadian Community Health Survey – Mental Health Component (CCHS 2012) (4344 respondents) were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The external validity of the total score and the suggested dimension scores was assessed through correlations with three criterion health variables: psychological distress, positive mental health and perceived health.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Principal component analysis of the EPS-10 revealed a single dimension of social support. Confirmatory factor analyses of various models were also consistent with a unidimensional interpretation of the EPS-10 scores. Although the reliability of the total score was satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha of 0.92), the reliabilities of the suggested dimension scores were moderate. The dimension scores did not show evidence of differential validity with respect to the health variables examined.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Given the factor analytic results and the lack of external validity exhibited by suggested dimensions, the use of dimension scores from the EPS-10 is not recommended.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 6","pages":"Article 101082"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145684509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tilt in Video Gaming: Development and Validation of the Video Gaming Tilt Scale (VGTS)","authors":"Emeline Chauchard , Marie Dupau , Yasser Khazaal , Axelle Moreau","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Tilt refers to a decrease in playing abilities, due to sudden manifestations of negative emotions (anger or frustration) and engagement in more aggressive behaviour within game play. Tilt is commonly experienced by gamers. The purpose of this article is to assess the psychometric properties of the Video Gaming Tilt Scale (VGTS).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A sample of 454 players (81.7% men) completed a set of questionnaires comprising the VGTS and questionnaires assessing internet gaming disorder, anger, impulsivity, anxiety, and depression. The total sample was randomly divided into two distinct samples of a similar size, Group A and Group B, to conduct exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The exploratory factor analysis identified two factors of equal weight and fitted the data from Group A well. The confirmatory factor analysis reported an excellent fit with the data for Group B. Internal reliability was good and the correlation between the two factors was moderate.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The first factor, “Emotion dysregulation” describes the emotional dysregulation of tilt, particularly anger. The second factor, “cognitive dysregulation” measures cognitive dysregulation and its impact on decision-making and strategy judgement. This scale can contribute to a new area of research focusing on the role of emotion regulation in the trajectories of gamers and problem gamers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 6","pages":"Article 101100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145614370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaotian Wang , Mengjia Ma , Jinyun Duan , Yujie Cai
{"title":"Guilt or apathy? A dual-path curvilinear model of turnover intention and voice","authors":"Xiaotian Wang , Mengjia Ma , Jinyun Duan , Yujie Cai","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Turnover intention is widely examined as a predictor of employee exit, but its impact on the behavior of those who remain in the organization is rarely examined. Understanding how remaining employees behave when they consider leaving is crucial for maintaining organizational functioning.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study explores how turnover intention influences employee voice behavior, focusing on the underlying emotional mechanisms and their nonlinear effects.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A three-wave, multi-source survey was conducted with 271 employees and 95 direct supervisors in Chinese enterprises. Turnover intention was measured at Time 1, emotional responses (guilt and apathy) at Time 2, and supervisor-rated voice behavior at Time 3. Structural equation modeling was used to test the dual-path, curvilinear mediation model.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results reveal that turnover intention affects voice behavior through two distinct curvilinear paths. At low-to-moderate levels, turnover intention increases guilt, which promotes voice. At moderate-to-high levels, it increases apathy, which suppresses voice. The mediation effects of guilt and apathy were both supported.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study highlights the complex, nonlinear impact of turnover intention on voice behavior through distinct emotional pathways. These findings emphasize the importance of recognizing and managing emotional reactions in employees with varying levels of turnover intention. Organizations should not automatically assume silence or voice reflects disengagement or commitment, respectively; instead, they should provide emotional support and meaningful communication channels to guide employees through their intention to leave while sustaining their capacity for constructive contributions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 5","pages":"Article 101111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144887488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florent Michelot , Sébastien Béland , Bruno Poellhuber
{"title":"Mesurer la pensée critique de futurs enseignants : éléments de validation d’échelles dans trois nations francophones","authors":"Florent Michelot , Sébastien Béland , Bruno Poellhuber","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Despite the importance of critical thinking in discourses or skills frameworks, this concept remains challenging to identify. Although the theoretical foundations are solid, the phenomenon is not easily quantified.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This article aims to contribute to developing French versions of critical thinking measurement tools by testing translated skills (HCTA; Halpern, 2010) and dispositions (CriTT; Stupple et al., 2017) tests in three French-speaking nations in Europe and America.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><div>The validity study of instruments scores was done in two steps, in a preliminary collection (<em>n</em> = 102) with principal component analyses, and in a main collection in Wallonia, France and Quebec (<em>n</em> = 245) with confirmatory factorial analyses.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The proposed scales have positive metric qualities, particularly in terms of score reliability (respectively ω<sub>t</sub> = .78, α = .66 and ω<sub>t</sub> = .92, α = .92).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>It allows us to apprehend them as solid alternatives to existing scales. We conclude this article by discussing their respective limitations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 5","pages":"Article 101110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144912266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the Burnout Assessment Tool among (inter)national students from a Dutch university","authors":"Piermarco Consiglio , Marjon Fokkens-Bruinsma , Ellen P.W.A. Jansen , Joke Fleer","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Burnout impacts academic performance and commitment of university students. It is therefore essential to have an up-to-date and psychometrically sound instrument for detecting burnout symptoms. Although a new valid and reliable instrument, namely the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT), was developed for workers, it has not yet been established whether the BAT can be used in Dutch and English with Dutch and international university students, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to validate the Dutch and English versions of the BAT for university students. Specifically, the psychometric properties, factorial structure, and measurement invariance of the tool across Dutch and international student populations were examined.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The participants were 991 students from a Dutch university. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha, while convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated by examining correlations with other measures. To assess the factorial validity of the BAT, Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MGCFA) was employed. Moreover, measurement invariance was tested to ensure comparability of the tool across Dutch and international students.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The BAT demonstrated high reliability and good convergent and discriminant validity. The MGCFA supported a second-order factorial model, while measurement invariance indicated that the instrument can be used comparably across Dutch and international students.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings of the current study suggest that the BAT is a reliable tool for assessing burnout symptoms among both Dutch and international students. The instrument can help in the early detection of burnout symptoms, ultimately contributing to improved student well-being and academic performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 5","pages":"Article 101079"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is goal blockage, really? A conceptual validation study","authors":"Vincent Roberge , Jean-Sébastien Boudrias","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Goal blockage is at the heart of explanations for the adoption of destructive behaviors by leaders towards their employees (Krasikova et al., 2013). Indeed, when a leader fails to achieve their goals, they may use destructive behaviors towards the source of this frustration. Despite the popularity of this explanation in the literature of destructive leadership, the construct of goal blockage has, to our knowledge, never been defined or even distinguished from similar constructs (e.g., frustration).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aims (1) to conduct a conceptual validation of the goal blockage construct (e.g., literature review, definition, differentiation from other constructs, and verification of suitability with its operationalization), and (2) to perform a psychometric validation of its measure (reliability, discriminant and criterion validity).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>We followed Locke's (2012) methodology to assess conceptual validity and we tested the psychometric properties of a goal blockage measure through series of correlational and confirmatory factor analyses. This research was conducted with French questionnaires.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Goal blockage now has a clear and precise definition and its measure has been thoroughly validated and can be used for research purposes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The ball is now in the researchers’ court in order to empirically assess the implication of goal blockage in various phenomena of interest, including leaders’ reactions and employees’ exposure to destructive forms of leadership.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 5","pages":"Article 101043"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthony Clain, Pierre De Oliveira, Brigitte Minondo-Kaghad, Edith Salès-Wuillemin
{"title":"Supporting the uncertainty of jobseekers: The impact of participative support on role ambiguity reduction and positive attitudes towards return to work","authors":"Anthony Clain, Pierre De Oliveira, Brigitte Minondo-Kaghad, Edith Salès-Wuillemin","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Job search is strongly associated with uncertainty and the mobilization of psychological resources. Existing evidence suggests that the nature of support provided by counsellors holds the potential to effectively manage this uncertainty. However, the literature presents seemingly contradictory viewpoints. In the face of uncertainty, should one lean towards directive support, or is the promotion of autonomy through participative support a more viable approach.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aims to investigate whether the perceived type of support influences factors conducive to return to work and whether this association is mediated by the capacity of participative support to regulate uncertainty among jobseekers.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The study involved 94 jobseekers who completed a questionnaire that included measures of leadership (directive/participative), uncertainty (role ambiguity), and factors conducive to return to work (e.g., motivation to work, self-efficacy, job search behaviours).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results confirm the hypotheses: only perceived participative support is associated with greater motivation to work and self-efficacy among jobseekers. Additionally, the impact of participative support on the expression of autonomous motivation is found to be mediated by the reduction of uncertainty.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The results are discussed within the framework of leadership approaches in uncertain situations and the context of organizational change. The implications shed light on the dynamics of support types in the job-seeking process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 5","pages":"Article 101014"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales - Social Skills and Student-Teacher Relationship Scale - short form: A French validation study","authors":"Ophélie Courbet , Fabrice Brodard , Marianne Habib , Thomas Villemonteix","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social and emotional competencies and teacher-student relationships quality are intertwined and are increasingly targeted by programs and interventions delivered in the school context. Thus, researchers and practitioners need assessment tools validated in their own language to evaluate the impact of these programs on children's skills and relationships with teachers. Validated scales are currently lacking in French. This study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, convergent and predictive validity of the French version of two scales: the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales - Social Skills (PKBS-SS) assessing children social and emotional competencies, and the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale - Short Form (STRS-S) evaluating teacher-child relationship quality.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A sample of 982 3-to-6-years-old children were rated by their teacher using teacher-rated questionnaires, and standardized observations were also collected.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The PKBS-SS and the STRS-S displayed adequate to excellent internal consistency and adequate construct validity. Factor structure was confirmed for the STRS-S but not for the PKBS-SS: results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses did not confirm the original three-factor structure and a five-factor solution best fitted with data.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>French validation of these scales is an important step to assess social and emotional competencies and teacher-child relationships among French children. These scales will be relevant both for program evaluation and to identify pupils needing additional support to develop social and emotional competencies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 4","pages":"Article 101099"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of a French version of the Theory of Mind Inventory 2","authors":"Marine Houssa, Poline Simon, Nathalie Nader-Grosbois","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to validate the translated French version of Theory of Mind Inventory 2 (ToMI2-vf), initially developed by Hutchins et al. (2016), which assesses adults’ perception of children's Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in daily life.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Belgian parents of 478 children, from 2 to 12 years old, completed three questionnaires: ToMI2-vf and French versions of the Griffith Empathy Measure (GEM-vf) and the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC-vf). The children performed the Theory of Mind task Battery.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results for ToMI2-vf showed very good internal consistency and a two-factor structure corresponding to ‘Early ToM’ and ‘First- and second-order ToM’. Positive links with age and significant differences between age groups were identified from the ToM2-vf scores. Convergent validity was confirmed by positive significant correlations between the ToMI2-vf scores and children's performances in ToM task Battery, as well as between the ToMI2-vf scores and those in the empathy and emotion regulation measures. A negative correlation was emphasized between the scores in ToMI2-vf and in emotion dysregulation.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The ToMI2-vf presents good psychometric qualities and could be useful for assessment of typically and atypically developing children in future research and in clinical practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 4","pages":"Article 101042"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Étude des propriétés psychométriques du Questionnaire d’attachement au chien chez l’enfant","authors":"Gabrielle Tessier , Valérie Simard","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101114","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101114","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Secure attachment to caregivers is largely recognized as a facilitator of child development. Studies among adults suggest that they may form a full-blown attachment to their pet dog, including the four key features of an attachment relationship (seeking proximity, safe haven, separation distress, secure base).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to validate the Attachment to Dog Questionnaire for Children (ADQC), which measures these core dimensions of child-to-dog attachment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Parents (<em>n</em> = 433; 94.5% mothers) of four- to seven-year-olds completed online the ADQC, along with questionnaires assessing the child's socio-emotional development, and parental reflective functioning.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Exploratory factor analyses revealed that the ADQC taps two factors (proximity seeking/separation distress, secure base), each showing good internal consistency. The ADQC scores had large correlations with the Short Attachment to Pet Scale, suggesting good convergent validity. Associations were also observed between the ADQC and the child's empathy, theory of mind and emotion regulation, most of which remained significant when controlling for parental reflective functioning.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>A strong attachment of the child to his/her pet dog could contribute to socioemotional development, beyond the parent's ability to foster such development (e.g., through adequate mentalization of the child).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 4","pages":"Article 101114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144902671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}