Ethnolinguistic vitality, self‐confidence and second language proficiency: An investigation¹

The genesis of vitality theory: historical patterns and discoursal dimensions

“…Results showed no statistical relationship between subjective vitality perceptions äs measured on the SVQ and francophone affective predispositions toward the second-language group and motivations for secondlanguage learning and usage. In accounting for these results, Labrie and Clement (1986) proposed that subjective vitality perceptions should be considered äs part of a more socioaffective process reflecting more private predispositions and orientations. It is in line with this more individual socioaffective definition of perceived vitality that Allard and Landry (1986) proposed their model of subjective vitality äs a belief System.…”

Subjective ethnolinguistic vitality and social adaptation among Vietnamese refugees in Australia

“…In comparison, Labrie and Clement (1986) report Cronbach alphas of .85 and .82 for the original 22-item scale completed for two ethnolinguistic groups by 95 subjects, and Clement (1986) reports Cronbach alphas in the ränge of .69 to .86 for each vitality dimension separately, using the original 22-item questionnaire with 293 subjects.…”

“…The importance of the concept of subjective vitality has led to the development of a subjective vitality questionnaire (SVQ) (Bourhis et al 1981), which has been administered, in a variety of forms, to over 1,150 respondents of different ages and different ethnolinguitic groups (Bourhis and Sachdev 1984;Clement 1986;Giles et al 1985;Hogg et al 1989;Labrie and Cloment 1986;Pierson et al 1987;Sachdev et al 1987;Young et al 1984Young et al , 1986Young et al , 1988. This research confirms that the SVQ broadly relates to objective vitality but is, äs intended, a measure of subjective perceptions -different individuals and ethnic groups within the same ethnolinguistic niche disagree on vitality perceptions and place emphases on different dimensions of subjective vitality in an in-group-favoring manner.…”

Ethnolinguistic vitality during a period of decolonization without independence: perceived vitality in Hong Kong

“…For this purpose, Bourhis et al (1981) devised an Instrument called the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire (SVQ) to access EV perceptions of individuals in intercultural contexts. The external validity of this questionnaire was subsequently tested among Anglo-Australians in Melbourne (Giles et al 1981), according the SVQ high internal reliability consistency (Labrie and Clement 1986), although it has its critics (Husband and Khan 1982).…”