This article examines the internal validity of the French version of the Big Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-C). We first performed confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) to determine the fit of the factor structure identified in previous research on the BFQ-C and then used exploratory factor analyses. A sample of 399 children (192 boys and 207 girls) recruited from elementary schools completed the BFQ-C in their classrooms. Participants were 8 to 12 years old with a mean age of 9.58 years (SD = 0.98). The results indicated poor goodness-of-fit statistics for the CFA solution. Exploratory factor analysis improved the model fit markedly over conventional CFA. The factor structure of the French version of the BFQ-C suggested reasonable fit for the five intercorrelated factors corresponding to the Big Five with the exploratory factor analyses, even if the fifth factor appeared to be more problematic than the other 4 factors.

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法语版儿童大五问卷（BFQ-C）的探索性因素分析

本文考察了法语版儿童大五问卷 (BFQ-C) 的内部效度。我们首先进行验证性因子分析 (CFA) 以确定先前研究中确定的因子结构对 BFQ-C 的拟合，然后使用探索性因子分析。从小学招募的 399 名儿童（192 名男孩和 207 名女孩）在他们的教室完成了 BFQ-C。参与者年龄为 8 至 12 岁，平均年龄为 9.58 岁（SD = 0.98）。结果表明 CFA 解决方案的拟合优度统计数据较差。探索性因素分析比传统的 CFA 显着改善了模型拟合。BFQ-C 法文版的因子结构表明，通过探索性因子分析，与大五强对应的五个相互关联的因子合理拟合，