FRENCH VERSION OF THE ROBERT-BALAGUE PERC EPTION OF SUCCESS QUESTIONNAIRE

This paper presents a french version of Roberts and Balague's Percepti on of Success Questionnaire (1991). Labelled ''Questionnaire de Percep tion du Succes en Sport'' (QPSS), this instrument consists of two subs cales of six items assessing mastery and competitive (task and ego) go al orientations. The procedure of translation and validation is the on e Vallerand advocates (1989). Five studies have been conducted with 13 14 adults and teenagers, in order to translate the items and assess (a ) their comprehensibility (study 1), (b) concurrent solidity (study 2 and 3), (c) reliability (internal consistency and test-retest reliabil ity) and (d) construct validity (factorial structure) (study 4). We al so aimed at examinies the effects or correlates of psychologic constru ct (study 4 and 5). The QPSS has been found to possess strong psychome tric properties enabling to measure achievement goal orientations amon g French teenagers and adults sportsmen.