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This study thus aimed to validate a French translation of the Sport Psychological Safety Inventory (SPSI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A sample of 210 francophone elite youth athletes aged between 14 and 25 (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 18.2,\n                      <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 2.26; 68.6% female) from a wide range of sports completed an online survey in 2024.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A confirmatory factor analysis, replicating the original three-factor structure of the SPSI (the factors being \u201cmentally healthy environment\u201d, \u201cmental health literacy\u201d and \u201clow self-stigma\u201d) showed good model fit (RMSEA = 0.076, SRMR = 0.034, CFI = 0.990, and TLI = 0.986) and strong internal consistency (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.87;\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c9<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.93). Furthermore, demonstrating good convergent and divergent validity, the scores of the French SPSI correlated positively with psychological wellbeing (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.41) and quality of the coach\u2013athlete relationship (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.39), and negatively with interpersonal violence in sport (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.22). Gender invariance was demonstrated, as neither scalar measurement nor latent mean scores differed between boys and girls.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings support the SPSI-FR as a reliable and valid measure of psychological safety in francophone sport contexts for both girls and boys. Its robust psychometric properties enable its use to monitor athlete wellbeing, assess intervention outcomes, and examine associations between psychological safety, mental health, and other sport environment variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1855024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]],"date-time":"2026-06-22T05:40:32Z","timestamp":1782106832000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Psychological safety in sport: validation of the French Sport Psychological Safety Inventory (SPSI-FR)"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"V\u00e9ronique","family":"Boudreault","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u00e9o Research Chair, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke","place":["Sherbrooke, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Faculty of Human Kinetics, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke","place":["Sherbrooke, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juliette","family":"Maurin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke","place":["Sherbrooke, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lara","family":"Pomerleau-Fontaine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Human Kinetics, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke","place":["Sherbrooke, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charles-Anthony","family":"Dubeau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universit\u00e9 Laval","place":["Quebec City, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francelyne","family":"Jean-Baptiste","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problem and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS)","place":["Montreal, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Brassard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u00e9o Research Chair, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke","place":["Sherbrooke, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacinthe","family":"Dion","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problem and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS)","place":["Montreal, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Department of Psychology, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res","place":["Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Sexual Violence and Health Research Team (\u00c9VISSA), Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al","place":["Montreal, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Canada Research Chair in Sexual Violence Among Vulnerable Youth, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res","place":["Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sylvie","family":"Parent","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problem and Sexual Abuse (CRIPCAS)","place":["Montreal, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Sexual Violence and Health Research Team (\u00c9VISSA), Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al","place":["Montreal, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Universit\u00e9 Laval","place":["Quebec City, QC, Canada"]},{"name":"Research Chair in Security and Integrity in Sport, Universit\u00e9 Laval","place":["Quebec City, QC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"946","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2024-108186","article-title":"IOC consensus statement on elite youth athletes competing at the Olympic games: essentials to a healthy, safe and sustainable paradigm","volume":"58","author":"Bergeron","year":"2024","journal-title":"Br. 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