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Überprüfung der psychometrischen Qualität der deutschen Version des Angstsensitivitätsindex-3

Published Online:October 12, 2009https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924.55.4.223

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Angstsensitivität ist ein Konstrukt, das bei der Ätiologie von Angststörungen relevant ist und sich in der internationalen Forschung zunehmender Beliebtheit erfreut. Bisher existiert jedoch kein aktuelles deutschsprachiges Instrument mit einer robusten faktoriellen Validität zur Erfassung von Angstsensitivität. Daher zielte diese Studie darauf ab, die psychometrische Qualität einer deutschsprachigen Version des Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (Taylor et al., 2007) zu überprüfen. In die Auswertung gingen Daten von insgesamt N = 5477 Personen aus drei Ländern ein. Die Ergebnisse belegen eine zufriedenstellende Messgenauigkeit, faktorielle Validität und Konstruktvalidität der Übersetzung. Zudem konnte die Messinvarianz mit der englischsprachigen Originalversion gezeigt werden. Die praktischen und theoretischen Implikationen der Ergebnisse werden diskutiert.


Psychometric properties of the German version of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index 3

Abstract. Anxiety sensitivity is assumed to play a prominent role in the etiology of anxiety disorders. Moreover, the construct enjoys a widespread interest with practitioners and researchers. However, there are no recent German language assessment instruments with a robust factorial structure. Consequently, the present study provides a German translation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index 3 (Taylor et al., 2007) and tests its psychometric properties. All in all a sample consisting of N = 5477 participants from three countries was analyzed. The results provide evidence for sufficient reliability, factorial validity as well as construct validity. Additionally, measurement invariance compared with the English language original could be substantiated. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

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