Cologne questionnaire on speechlessness: Development and validation.

Autor: Dietz T; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Tavenrath S; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Schiewer V; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Öztürk-Arenz H; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Durakovic V; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Labouvie H; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Jäger RS; Centre for Educational Research, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Bürgerstraße 23, 76829 Landau in der Pfalz, Germany., Kusch M; Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) [Curr Psychol] 2022 Dec 11, pp. 1-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04102-x
Abstrakt: Speechlessness forms a psychological concept that describes non-speaking or silence in different situations. Speechlessness occurs in particular during emotional stress. The Cologne Questionnaire on Speechlessness (ger.: Kölner Fragebogen zur Sprachlosigkeit ) is an instrument for measuring speechlessness as a function of emotional perception and processing in situations of emotional stress or existing emotional dysregulation. The questionnaire was developed in theoretical proximity to the constructs of alexithymia and expressive suppression. Item selection was performed on a first line sample of N  = 307 individuals of a normal population. Acquisition of an exploratory model to classify the phenomenon was conducted within four samples in clinical and non-clinical settings. Validation of the factorial structure was performed using an overarching dataset ( N  = 1293) consisting of all samples. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated the best model fit (χ 2 ( df , 146) = 953.856; p  < .001; Tucker-Lewis-Index  = .891; Comparative Fit Index  = .916; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation  = .065; p  < .001; N = 1293) with a four-factorial structure of the questionnaire. Both the overall acceptable validity and reliability recommend the application of KFS on individuals of the normal population as well as clinical subgroups. In addition, the questionnaire can also be used in the context of research on the regulation of emotions.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-04102-x.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors state that there is no conflict of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Due to contractual agreements, data sharing to this article is not applicable.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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