title: French validation of the overexcitability questionnaire 2: psychometric properties and factorial structure.
abstract: Overexcitability corresponds to an overall response to stimulations in 5 domains: psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational, and emotional. The aim of this study was to develop a French version of the Overexcitability Questionnaire 2 (OEQ2) and to expand its psychometric properties. Two studies were conducted: one with a sample of 474 adolescents and another with a sample of 436 adults. Internal consistency, factorial structure, and validity (correlations with intelligence, personality, and alexithymia) were examined. The French OEQ2 showed satisfactory psychometric properties, thus advocating for its use in further research on overexcitability and in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory Adaptation Work and Individual , Paris Descartes University , Paris , France.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fürst
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Myszkowski
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Storme
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pereira Da Costa
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Luminet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult