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Assessing sickness behavior in the French: Validation of the French translation of the sickness questionnaire (SicknessQ) in a non-clinical French population
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Stress Research Institute. Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Biological psychology. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0203-7977
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Stress Research Institute. Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Biological psychology. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3998-1494
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Number of Authors: 52023 (English)In: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, ISSN 2666-3546, Vol. 34, article id 100708Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Sickness Questionnaire (SicknessQ) is a questionnaire developed to assess symptoms of sickness behavior, including somatic, behavioral, and affective dimensions. To promote cross-cultural assessments of sickness behavior, we aim to expand the use of this questionnaire to other populations and languages. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the French translation of SicknessQ in a French-speaking general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred and thirty-nine individuals completed the SicknessQ online, along with the construct criteria measures of self-rated health, state anxiety (STAI-S), and depressive symptoms (PHQ-9). The principal component analyses revealed two components: the first component included seven items concerning mood, motivation and experiences of fatigue and pain; the second component included three items concerning somatic sickness symptoms. Higher scores on the total scale and the two component subscales were associated with poorer self-rated health and higher STAI-S and PHQ-9 scores. Since the associations with construct criteria variables were relatively similar between the single- and the two-dimensional solutions, both the total scale and the subscales of the two components of the French SicknessQ can be used in future studies to measure sickness behavior in French-speaking populations.

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2023. Vol. 34, article id 100708
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sickness behavior, questionnaire, French, fatigue, pain, mood
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-225013DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100708ISI: 001118055700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85177486252OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-225013DiVA, id: diva2:1824287
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Swedish Research Council, 2020-01606Swedish Research Council, 2021–03184Available from: 2024-01-04 Created: 2024-01-04 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved

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