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Furcht vor positiver sozialer Bewertung: Übersetzung und Validierung einer deutschsprachigen Version der FPES

Published Online:October 29, 2015https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000147

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Neuere Forschung deutet darauf hin, dass neben der Furcht vor negativer Evaluation (FNE) auch die Furcht vor positiver Evaluation (FPE) eine wesentliche Rolle für die soziale Phobie spielt. Zur Untersuchung dieses Konstrukts entwickelten Weeks, Heimberg und Rodebaugh (2008) die Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES). Da die FPE bislang nicht im deutschsprachigen Raum untersucht wurde, werden in dieser Arbeit eine Übersetzung der FPES und ihre Validierung anhand von 4 Studien vorgestellt. Neben einem einfaktoriellen Messmodell konnten interne Konsistenz und die Abgrenzung zur FNE gefunden werden. Zudem demonstrierte die Skala eine angemessene Test-Retest-Reliabilität sowie gute Konstruktvalidität, Kriteriumsvalidität und Sensitivität bei sozial phobischen Patientinnen und Patienten. Zusammenfassend weist die deutsche FPES gute psychometrische Eigenschaften auf und trägt zu einer verbesserten Erfassung von sozialer Phobie bei.


Fear of Positive Evaluation: Translation and Validation of a German Version of the FPES

Abstract. Recent research suggests that besides the fear of negative evaluation (FNE), fear of positive evaluation (FPE) also plays an important role in social anxiety disorder. To examine this construct, Weeks, Heimberg, and Rodebaugh (2008) developed the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES). As the FPE has not yet been examined in the German-speaking area, this study presents a translation and validation of the FPES based on 4 studies. A one-factor model, internal consistency, and distinction of FNE were found. Furthermore, the scale demonstrated appropriate retest reliability as well as good construct validity, criterion validity and sensitivity for patients with social anxiety disorder. In sum, the German FPES comes with good psychometric properties and contributes to a better measurement of social anxiety disorder.

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