Behavioral activation (BA) is a well-established empirical treatment for depression that aims to improve depressive mood by increasing activation and reducing avoidance. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate activation and avoidance when a BA treatment is applied. The Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) was developed to measure the changes in activation and avoidance over the course of BA treatment of depression. This study aims to validate the French version of this scale. In a first study, 131 bilingual adults were recruited to explored internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity of the final French version. In a second study, 409 non-clinical adults completed an online survey assessing concurrent measures. Results of the first study suggested good internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity. The second study revealed a confirmatory factor analysis supporting the original four-factor structure, with Activation, Avoidance/Rumination, Work/School Impairment, and Social Impairment subscales. Results also revealed that a 5-factor model distinguishing Behavioral Avoidance and Rumination had a better fit than the original four-factor structure. All subscales showed adequate internal consistency and good construct validity with evidence of convergent validity with depressive symptoms, brooding, psychological flexibility, negative automatic thought, behavioral inhibition and activation system. Furthermore, the French BADS total scale and subscales showed a good ability to predict depressive symptoms. The French version of the BADS appears to be a reliable tool for clinician and researchers to assess mechanisms of change in BA interventions.

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非临床成人抑郁量表（BADS）行为激活法文版的心理计量学特性和因子结构。

行为激活（BA）是一种行之有效的抑郁症经验疗法，旨在通过增加激活和减少回避来改善抑郁情绪。因此，在应用BA治疗时评估激活和避免是至关重要的。抑郁行为激活量表（BADS）的开发旨在测量BA治疗抑郁症过程中激活和回避的变化。本研究旨在验证该量表的法语版本。在第一项研究中，招募了131名双语成人，以探讨最终法语版本的内部一致性，重测信度和构建效度。在第二项研究中，有409位非临床成年人完成了一项在线调查，评估了同时进行的措施。第一项研究的结果表明内部一致性良好，重测信度和结构效度。第二项研究揭示了一个证实性因素分析，该因素支持原始的四因素结构，包括激活，避免/反省，工作/学校障碍和社会障碍子量表。结果还显示，区分行为回避和反省的5因子模型比原始的4因子结构具有更好的拟合度。所有分量表均显示出足够的内部一致性和良好的构想效度，并具有抑郁症状，沉思，心理柔韧性，消极的自动思考，行为抑制和激活系统的收敛效度证据。此外，法国BADS的总量表和分量表显示出良好的预测抑郁症状的能力。