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Allgemeine Prokrastination

Entwicklung und Validierung einer deutschsprachigen Kurzskala der General Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986)

1Wir danken Axel Grund, Carola Grunschel, Justine Patrzek, Sebastian Schmid und Marion Schmidt-Huber sowie den beiden anonymen Gutachtern und dem zuständigen Mitherausgeber für ihre hilfreichen Rückmeldungen zu früheren Versionen dieses Manuskripts.

Published Online:September 28, 2012https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000060

Abstract

In der vorliegenden Studie wurde anhand einer Übersetzung der General Procrastination Scale (GPS; Lay, 1986) eine deutschsprachige Kurzskala zur Erfassung von allgemeiner Prokrastination entwickelt und validiert. In drei Teilstudien wurden (sprachliche) Äquivalenz, Faktorenstruktur, Reliabilität und Validität untersucht. Die GPS erwies sich als sprachlich äquivalent zum englischen Original (Vorstudie, N = 38). Die Exploration der Faktorenstruktur (Studie I, N = 1 253) lieferte jedoch keine eindeutigen Hinweise auf die Eindimensionalität der GPS. Aufgrund dessen wurde eine eindimensionale Kurzskala (GPS-K) entwickelt und in der letzten Studie (Studie II, N = 218) validiert. Die interne Konsistenz (Studie I, II) sowie die Test-Retest Reliabilität (Studie II) der Kurzskala waren zufriedenstellend. Die konvergente und diskriminante Validität konnte in Bezug auf andere Persönlichkeitsmerkmale gezeigt werden. Anhand eines Verhaltensmaßes konnten weitere Hinweise für die Konstruktvalidität gesammelt werden. Mit der deutschen Übersetzung und Entwicklung der GPS-K liegt demnach ein ökonomisches sowie reliables und valides Instrumente zur Erfassung von allgemeiner Prokrastination vor.


Procrastination: Development and validation of the German Short Scale of the General Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986)

In the present study, a German translation of the General Procrastination Scale (GPS; Lay, 1986) was used to develop and validate a German Short Scale for assessing general procrastination. The equivalence, factor structure, reliability, and validity were examined. The GPS is comparable (i. e. language wise equivalent) to the English original (pilot study, N = 38). Exploring the factor structure (study I, N = 1 253) did not provide unambiguous evidence for the unidimensionality of the GPS. Thus, an unidimensional short scale (GPS-K) was developed and validated in the last study (study II, N = 218). The internal consistency (study I, II) and the test-retest reliability (study II) were satisfactory. The convergent and discriminant validities were obtained by relating the scale to measures of other personality factors and by correlating the scale with a behavioral measure. Hence, the GPS-K is a parsimonious, reliable, and valid instrument for assessing general procrastination.

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