Übersetzung und Validierung der Skala zur Erfassung übermäßiger Communion von Helgeson und Fritz
Abstract
Zusammenfassung. Übermäßige Communion (UC) ist durch Überinvolvierung in die Probleme anderer Menschen und Vernachlässigung eigener Bedürfnisse zu Gunsten der Bedürfnisse anderer gekennzeichnet. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die UC-Skala von Helgeson und Fritz (1998) ins Deutsche übertragen und in drei Studien validiert. Die deutsche UC-Skala war zur Originalskala konvergent und vergleichbar konsistent, jedoch faktoriell komplexer. In der interpersonalen Konstruktanalyse wurde die vorherrschende thematische Qualität der UC-Skala im interpersonalen Eigenschafts- und Problem-Circumplex als submissiv-freundlich ausgewiesen. Überinvolvierung in die Probleme anderer und Vernachlässigung eigener Bedürfnisse ließen sich auf Item-Ebene im interpersonalen Eigenschafts-Circumplex differenzieren. Das Fünf-Faktoren-Modell klärte 22% der UC-Skalenvarianz auf und hing differenziell mit Überinvolvierung und Vernachlässigung eigener Bedürfnisse zusammen.
Abstract. Unmitigated communion (UC) individuals are characterized by overinvolvement in the problems of others and neglect of own needs. In a series of three studies, the UC scale developed by Helgeson and Fritz (1998) was translated and validated. The German UC scale exhibited high convergence to the original scale and comparable internal consistency, but it was structurally more complex. Through means of interpersonal construct analysis it was shown that the predominant interpersonal quality of the UC scale within the interpersonal trait and problem circumplex is friendly-submissive. Overinvolvement in the problems of others and neglect of one’s own needs could be differentiated within the trait circumplex at the item level. Finally, the five-factor model of personality accounted for 22% of UC scale variance, and was differentially associated with overinvolvement and neglect of one’s own needs.
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