title: French transcultural validation of the Compliance with Safety Behavior Scale.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Preventive behavior of workers is a major determinant of occupational health and safety performance of an organization. The measure of this concept is a challenge with French-speaking workers as there is no existing French validated tool.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main objective of this research was to realize a French transcultural validation of the Compliance with Safety Behavior Scale (CSBS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Steps of parallel translations, reverse translation and pre-test were conducted before the administration of the CSBS to 195 participants. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted; Cronbach's Alpha coefficients were calculated for each subscale; and intra-class correlation coefficients were calculated for each item.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Exploratory factor analyses support a three-factor structure explaining 53.44 % of the variance and confirmatory factor analyses validate that the measuring tool reflects three distinct factors, which are 1) compliance with safety rules and procedures, 2) participation and initiatives related to prevention, and 3) concern for social and physical environment. Results demonstrate that internal consistency is satisfying for two subscales (0.80 < α< 0.82) and that eight items are highly reliable (0.71 < r < 0.99, p < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The French version of the CSBS represents a valid and reliable tool allowing its use both for research and for clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Département d'ergothérapie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.|Laboratoire de recherche en ergologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lecours
authors.affiliation: Département d'ergothérapie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.|Laboratoire de recherche en ergologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.|Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS), Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Therriault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003187:Compliance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating
keywords: Occupational health and safety; preventive behavior; psychometrics; questionnaire validation