Abstract
Zusammenfassung. Personen unterscheiden sich in der Neigung, Situationen aufzusuchen, in denen sie alleine sind und diese zu genießen. Zur Erfassung dieser interindividuellen Unterschiede in der Präferenz zum Alleinsein stellen wir eine deutsche Version der Preference for Solitude Skala (Burger, 1995; PfS-dt) und ein von uns entwickeltes Inventar zur Messung der Präferenz zum Alleinsein (IPA) vor. Für beide Instrumente wurden die psychometrischen Eigenschaften in einer großen Stichprobe (N = 1122) untersucht. Es zeigte sich, dass die PfS-dt und das IPA intern konsistent und faktoriell valide sind sowie eine gute Retestreliabilität aufweisen (N = 80). Zusätzlich dazu ließen sich für beide Inventare konvergente und diskriminante Zusammenhänge zu anderen Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen nachweisen. Beide Inventare waren außerdem in der Lage, über die Big Five hinaus selbstberichtetes Verhalten zu prädizieren.
Abstract. Individuals differ in the extent to which they seek out situations in which they are alone and in the extent to which they enjoy such situations. We present two scales to measure individual differences in this preference for solitude: a German version of the Preference for Solitude Scale (Burger, 1995; PfS-dt) and a newly developed inventory to assess the preference for solitude (IPA). In a large sample (N = 1122), we explored the psychometric properties of the two instruments. The results showed that the PfS-dt and the IPA were internally consistent and factorially valid; both scales also showed good test-retest correlations (N = 80). Additionally, convergent and discriminant relations to other personality traits were demonstrated. Finally, both inventories were able to predict self-reported behavior beyond that predicted by the Big Five.
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Unveröffentlichte Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles .
