Psychometric properties of the French version of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire

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"This instrumental study was designed to investigate the psychometricproperties of the French version and the cross-language replicability of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) at the factor- and at the facet-level. TheZKPQ is an instrument aimed at assessing the five basic factors of Zuckerman’s AlternativeFive-Factor Model (AFFM). Subjects were 843 French-speaking Swiss, mainly students.At the factor-level, the reliability ranged from .73 to .87 and at the facet level, thereliability ranged from .57 to .77. Differences between genders are congruent withthose found in the American sample. Women scored higher on N-Anx, and lower onImpSS, and Act. A series of exploratory factor analyses supported the overall fivefactorstructure and the structure at the facet-level. The correlations among the scalessupport that the five basic factors of the AFFM are orthogonal. Targeted factor analysesand congruence coefficients show high cross-language replicability at the factor- andat the facet-level. The adequacy of the model at the factor- and facet-level was testedusing confirmatory factor analyses. The results show that the French version of theZKPQ is a reliable and valid instrument and has a high cross-language replicability."