Psychometric properties of the French and English short form of the Protective Behavioural Strategies for Marijuana Scale in Canadian university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Protective Behavioural Strategies for Marijuana (PBSM-17) scale serves to identify and measure strategies employed by young adults before, during or after cannabis use. After the adaptation and translation of the PBSM-17 into French, a methodological study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of this French version (FV) and of the original English version (EV) in a sample of bilingual Canadian university students.

Methods

A total of 211 cannabis users (mean age=22.1 years) completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, a question on frequency of cannabis use (four categories: 1-3 times a month, once a week, more than once a week, everyday) and both versions (FV and EV) of the PBSM-17.

Results

Both versions had similar internal reliability

SUBMITTER: Cote J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8987794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature