Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Movers Scale in a French-Canadian Population
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Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Movers Scale in a French-Canadian Population Isabelle Côté 1 & Joël Gagnon 2 & Simon Lapierre 3 & Dominique Damant 4 & Stéphanie Louis Jean Esprival 1 & Lisa A. Goodman 5 Accepted: 29 October 2020 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract 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. Keywords Domestic violence . Empowerment . Safety . Quantitative research . Shelters
Introduction Domestic violence shelters constitute one of the most significant feminist responses to domestic violence. In the last five decades, these resources have been established in many countries around the world, following their creation and expansion in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada (Hague
and Mullender 2006; Walker 1990; Dobash and Dobash 1992). From the start, shelters centered safety and empowerment as two foundational principles guiding policy and everyday practice (Côté 2018). Although safety has remained the subject of government policies and protocols, until recently, less scholarly attention has been paid to empowerment despite the fact that feminist advocates have developed a wide range
The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Louise Lafortune (Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale) and Mylène Bigaouette (Fédération des maisons d’hébergement pour femmes). * Isabelle Côté [email protected] Joël Gagnon [email protected] Simon Lapierre [email protected] Dominique Damant [email protected] Stéphanie Louis Jean Esprival [email protected]
Lisa A. Goodman [email protected] 1
Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Office SE-103E, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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Laval University, Québec, Canada
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University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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University of Montreal, M
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