Cultural adaptation and validation of the movers scale in a French-Canadian population

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a study that draws upon a collaborative research strategy and has two main objectives: 1) Translating and adapting into French the Measure of Victim Empowerment Related to Safety (MOVERS scale) (Goodman et al. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 355-3...

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Authors: Côté, Isabelle 1983- (Author) ; Gagnon, Joël (Author) ; Lapierre, Simon (Author) ; Damant, Dominique (Author) ; Esprival, Stéphanie Louis Jean (Author) ; Goodman, Lisa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of family violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 7, Pages: 871-883
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Keywords:
Shelters
quantitative research
Safety
Empowerment
domestic violence
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a study that draws upon a collaborative research strategy and has two main objectives: 1) Translating and adapting into French the Measure of Victim Empowerment Related to Safety (MOVERS scale) (Goodman et al. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 355-366, 2015a); 2) Validating the French version of the MOVERS scale in a population of French-Canadian women receiving shelter services. The French-Canadian MOVERS (FCM) was administered to 189 women receiving shelter services in the province of Québec (Canada). The factorial structure, reliability and validity of the FCM were tested. This paper highlights that the FCM replicates the three dimensions found in the original version (Goodman et al. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 355-366, 2015a), displays significant correlations with measures of depression, anxiety and stress, self-esteem, perceived social support, satisfaction with life and self-efficacy, and has overall good reliability estimates. The FCM is a valid and reliable scale to assess safety-related empowerment among women receiving shelter services. Furthermore, the scale provides interesting opportunities to shelter workers, which will be discussed in the paper.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 881-883
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ISSN:1573-2851
DOI:10.1007/s10896-020-00213-w