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Der „Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ)”: Deutsche Adaption und Validitäten

Published Online:March 29, 2012https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000056

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Der Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ) wurde aus dem Englischen übersetzt und an einer studentischen Stichprobe (N = 640) validiert. Der ASQ ist ein Selbstbeurteilungsinstrument bestehend aus 20 Items, in dem drei allgemeine Emotionsregulationsstile erfasst werden: Unterdrücken, Anpassen/Neubewerten und Akzeptieren. Die faktorielle Struktur wurde mithilfe des ESEM-Verfahrens (Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling) überprüft. Die Ergebnisse konnten die Faktorenstruktur der englischen Vorlage bestätigen. Die Testgütekriterien, die Konstruktvalidität und demographische Einflüsse wurden untersucht. Die internen Konsistenzen erwiesen sich als zufriedenstellend (Unterdrücken-Skala: α = .84; Anpassen-Skala: α = .75; Akzeptieren-Skala: α = .72), was ebenfalls sehr nahe an den Werten der Originalstudie liegt. Die Subskalen wiesen hypothesenkonforme Zusammenhänge zu bestehenden Verfahren aus dem Forschungsbereich „Emotionsregulation” auf. Der deutschsprachige ASQ ist ein ökonomisches Instrument in einem Bereich, in dem es erst sehr wenige validierte Verfahren gibt. Kein bestehendes Verfahren erfasst die drei genannten Stile in zufriedenstellender Weise gemeinsam. Mögliche Einsatzbereiche sind in der gesunden Allgemeinbevölkerung und nach weiterer Validierung auch in klinischen Populationen anzusehen.


The ”Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ)”: German Adaptation and Validity

Abstract. The English version of the Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ) was translated into a German version and validated using a student sample (N = 640). The ASQ is a self-rating instrument which consists of 20 items and assesses three broad emotion regulation styles: suppression, adjusting/reappraisal, and accepting. The factor structure was analysed using the ESEM-procedure (Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling). The results replicated the original factor structure. Psycho-metric properties, construct validity, and demographic influences were examined. Internal consistencies were satisfactory (suppression scale: α = .84; adjusting scale: α = .75; accepting scale: α = .72) which is consistent with the original version. The subscales showed expected correlations to other instruments. The German version of the ASQ is an economic instrument in a field in which very few validated instruments exist and none of them assesses the three styles altogether. The current study proved the applicability of the ASQ within the healthy general population; future studies concerning the viability in clinical populations are needed.

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