["Defeated by Life" - Validation of a German Version of the Defeat Scale (DS-d)].
Autor: | Forkmann T; Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen., Stenzel JS; Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen., Rath D; Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen., Glaesmer H; Selbständige Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Leipzig., Teismann T; Arbeitseinheit Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
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Jazyk: | němčina |
Zdroj: | Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie [Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol] 2018 Jul; Vol. 68 (7), pp. 300-308. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 29. |
DOI: | 10.1055/s-0043-107027 |
Abstrakt: | Introduction: Defeat and entrapment are transdiagnostic constructs that play an important role in the development of depression, anxiety, suicidality and trauma-associated mental disorders. The present study aimed at presenting and validating a first German version of the Defeat-Scale (DS-d). Material and Methods: Through a web-based survey, N=480 participants were recruited (74% female; M Results: One residual correlation between 2 items that are inversely coded had to be allowed to reach a satisfying fit to the unidimensional model (RMSEA=0.077, TLI=0.94, NFI=0.93, CFI=0.95; item loadings>0.56). The DS-d-sumscore correlated highly with depression (r=0.87), Entrapment (r=0.83) and suicidality (r=0.70), and moderately with the other constructs. Participants with suicidal thoughts or behavior in the past showed higher DS-d-scores than participants without suicidality. Discussion: The unidimensional structure of the English version could be confirmed in the DS-d - after allowing for a residual correlation between two inversely coded items. Correlations with the other measured constructs give support for the validity of the DS-d. Criterion validity of the instrument is supported by its relations to suicidality. It remains open whether defeat and entrapment are 2 distinct constructs. In the current study - in accordance with the literature - both showed a very high intercorrelation. Conclusion: This study reports on the validation of a German version of the Defeat-Scale (DS-d) for the first time that shows good psychometric characteristics in terms of internal consistency and validity. Competing Interests: Die Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht. (© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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