Preliminary Reliability and Validity of the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report French Translation.

The team translated the 20-question Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report into French.

They gave the new form to middle- and high-schoolers with and without disabilities.

A survey design checked if scores stayed steady and truly measured self-determination.

The French SDI:SR held together well. Reliability and validity looked good for both groups.

Students with disabilities scored lower on average, but the tool still captured their views.

Straccia et al. (2014) and von Rotz et al. (2023) did the same kind of French makeover on other disability checklists. All three studies followed copy-adapt-test steps and found the tools stayed strong.

Bureau et al. (2024) also dropped a fresh French form this year, the CAT-Q for camouflaging. Like the SDI:SR, it showed solid factor loadings, proving 2024 is a banner year for French-language assessments.

Mejia-Cardenas et al. (2022) warn that bilingual settings can twist factor shapes. Their Québec data forced a scale from three factors to four. The SDI:SR study used mostly monolingual French kids, so its clean structure fits the warning: simpler language context, simpler fit.

If you serve French-speaking teens, you now have a quick student report that meets psychometric bars. Use it to spot self-determination gaps, write transition goals, or check if your autonomy lessons stick. No need to wait for English norms again.