Abstract
Zusammenfassung. Die Akzeptanz von Gefühlen ist eine zentrale, der psychischen Gesundheit dienliche Emotionsregulationsstrategie. Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung besteht in einer ersten Überprüfung der testtheoretischen Kennwerte eines neu entwickelten Fragebogens zur Akzeptanz von unangenehmen und angenehmen Gefühlen. In zwei Studien mit 171 und 207 nicht klinischen Probanden wurden die testtheoretischen Kennwerte des ‹Fragebogens zur Akzeptanz von Gefühlen (FrAGe)› bestimmt. Der FrAGe enthält Items aus den Bereichen Akzeptanz angenehmer Gefühle, Akzeptanz unangenehmer Gefühle, Unterdrückung angenehmer Gefühle und Unterdrückung unangenehmer Gefühle. Zur ersten Validierung wurden die ‹Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)› und eine Kurzversion der ‹Symptomcheckliste (SCL-K-9)› eingesetzt. Die ursprüngliche Fragebogenversion mit 40 Items wurde in der ersten Studie auf Basis von Itemanalysen überarbeitet und auf 32 Items gekürzt. Die zweite Studie zeigte gute bis zufriedenstellende Itemkennwerte sowie eine entsprechende Reliabilität und Validität des FrAGe. Einige Items im Bereich angenehmer Gefühle zeigten bei den nicht klinischen Probanden erwartungsgemäß extremere Itemmittelwerte. Insgesamt sprechen die Ergebnisse für gute psychometrische Eigenschaften des FrAGe. Bei nicht klinischen Personen ist insbesondere die Erfassung von Emotionsakzeptanz unangenehmer Gefühle empfehlenswert.
Abstract. Acceptance is an emotion regulation strategy with beneficial effects for mental health. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of a newly developed questionnaire which assesses the acceptance of unpleasant and pleasant emotions. The psychometric properties of the ‹Questionnaire for the Acceptance of Emotions (FrAGe)› were evaluated in two studies involving 171 and 207 non-clinical subjects. FrAGe consists of items regarding acceptance and suppression of unpleasant and pleasant emotions. For validation the ‹Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)› and a short version of the ‹Symptom Checklist (SCL-K-9)› were also administered. After analysing the 40 items in the first study, we revised and shortened the questionnaire to 32 items. The second study showed satisfying characteristics regarding the items’ reliability and validity. As expected for this non-clinical sample, some items for pleasant emotions showed extreme values. Results demonstrate the sound psychometric properties of FrAGe. For non-clinical subjects, one might consider focusing primarily on the scales for unpleasant emotions.
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