CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDATION OF RELATIONSHIP SCALES QUESTIONNAIRE IN FRENCH
The Relationship Scale Questionnaire (RSQ) developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994) is a 30-item self-questionnaire that categorizes participants into four categories of attachment (secure or autonomous, avoiding or detached, preoccupied or ambivalent, fearful or disorganized). Its use in a cultural context without having previously validated it in a rigorous way make it difficult to measure and the expression of the attachment. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the transcultural validation of the French version of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) in Togolese context. This study aims to examinate the cross-cultural validation of the French version of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994). It focussed of 130 participants from 18 to 65, including 30 subjects addicted to drugs, 30 asymptomatic brothers and/or sisters and 70 students. Based on the factor analysis and the study of homogeneity, the results confirm excellent psychometric characteristics of the RSQ and validate its use in the Togolese context. It shows a capital interest for the determination of attachment in Togo and would require thorough and more exhaustive studies of validation.