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Globalskalen zur Einschätzung von Beziehungseinstellungen (GSEB)
Bierhoff, H.-W., Grau, I. (2012)
The Global Scales for Assessing Relationship Attitudes (GSEB) provide a broad measure of relationship experience using five dimensions with 10 items each: (1) conflict, (2) love, (3) altruism, (4) security, and (5) investment. A wide range of theoretical approaches to relationship research was included, including Bowlby's (1969) attachment theory as interpreted by Bartholomew (1990), Lee's (1976) love styles theory, and exchange theory approaches such as investment theory (Rusbult, 1983) and motivated relationship theory (Clark & Mills, 1993). Reliability: Satisfactory to good internal consistencies were found for the scales at both measurement time points and in the replication study: Cronbach's alpha ranged from .69 to .91, and stable retest coefficients in the range of rtt = .60-.82 could be demonstrated after 12 months. Validity: Factorial validity before and after item assignment to the scales was confirmed by factor analysis. The five scales predicted significant proportions of the variance in both relationship happiness and relationship stability. In terms of prognostic validity, the scales were also found to be significant predictors of happiness and stability as assessed by panel study participants after one year. The scales are largely independent of each other.
Constructs/Subject headings: Personality Tests for Social Behavior, Interaction diagnostics (Family, Couples)
Number of items: 50 Items
Language of items: German
Bochumer Bindungsfragebogen (BoBi)
Neumann, E., Rohmann, E., Bierhoff, H.-W. (2012)
The BoBi represents the German adaptation of the questionnaire Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR; Brennan, Clark & Shaver, 1998), which was developed on the basis of binding theoretical assumptions. The dimensional measurement of the partnership bond followed in these two questionnaires builds on the model of bonding styles developed by Ainsworth et al. (1978) to describe different qualities of parent-child bonds. According to Hazan and Shaver (1987), the model can also be applied to partnership relationships in adulthood. The BoBi records the self-assessment of the partnership relationship along the two dimensions "avoidance" and "fear" with 18 items each. Reliability: Cronbach's alpha was alpha = .81-.91. Validity: Factor-analytical investigations point to a very good factorial validity of both scales. Furthermore, it could be shown that avoidance and fear at different levels correlate with constructs such as love styles, self-esteem and self-construction, which speaks for the discriminatory validity of the two BoBi scales. Since correlations between the scales and external criteria were found, criterion validity can also be regarded as given. Overall, the test has a high construct validity.
Constructs/Subject headings: Personality Tests for Social Behavior, Interaction diagnostics (Family, Couples)
Number of items: 36 Items
Language of items: German
Experiences in Close Relationships Scale - German 10-Item Short Form (ECR-G-10)
Neumann, E., Rohmann, E. & Sattel, H. (2024)
The ECR-G-10 is used for self-assessment of experiences and behavior in adult attachment to romantic partners. The questionnaire is the short form of the Bochum Attachment Questionnaire (BoBi), the German version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR). The two attachment dimensions of avoidance and anxiety are measured with 10 items. Reliability: The internal consistency of the two scales proved to be acceptable to high in several samples (ω = .73-.84, α = .72-.81). Validity: The examination of factorial validity yielded a good model fit. The construct validity of both scales was demonstrated by convergent and discriminant correlations with scales on romantic relationships, personality, and mental health that were in line with expectations.
Constructs/Subject headings: Personality Tests for Social Behavior, Interaction diagnostics (Family, Couples)
Number of items: 10 Items
Language of items: German
Eltern-Erziehungsstil-Inventar (EEI)
Satow, L. (2013)
The EEI measures four basic educational style dimensions as well as the cooperation with the partner and the school on two additional scales. It includes six scales with a total of 54 items: (1) love, (2) severity, (3) independence, (4) religiosity, (5) cooperation with partner, (6) cooperation with school. Reliability: Cronbach's alpha of the subscales varies between alpha = .71 and .93. Validity: The factorial structure was confirmed at the standardization sample (N = 4 296). In addition, the relationships with gender, number of children and educational level were found to be in line with expectations. Fathers tend to adopt a less warm and more austere parenting style. In families with many children, the emphasis is on education for personal responsibility and independence. In families with higher educational levels, cooperation with the partner is most successful. At the same time, upbringing is characterised by values such as independence and personal responsibility, while at the same time being less strict. Norms: Gender-specific norms exist for four age groups.
Constructs/Subject headings: Interaction diagnostics (Family, Couples)
Number of items: 54 Items
Language of items: German
Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure 200 - deutsche Fassung (SWAP-200)
Taubner, S., Stumpe, A., Löffler-Stastka, H. (2009)
The SWAP-200 is a Q-Sort test that describes the persistent patterns of personality, intrapsychic and interpersonal functioning in health and pathology. SWAP-200 incorporates drive theory, object relationship theory and ego-psychology based psychoanalytic findings and current research on affect regulation, character pathology, relationship quality, cognitive functions and mental health. The SWAP-200 profile of an individual patient can be correlated in the evaluation on the one hand with the DSM-IV criteria of Axis II and on the other hand with empirically established prototypes. Thus, the final result is a categorical and dimensional diagnosis of the personality. The SWAP-200 comprises a set of 200 statements. Reliability: No data are available. Validity: The high correlation between prototype and a respective personality disorder proves the convergence validity. The low correlations between prototype and the different personality disorders speak for a high discriminative validity. In addition, item groupings with identical content could be replicated by means of a confirmatory factor-analytical procedure and also the same superordinate three- or four-factorial structure, thus reporting a sufficiently good criterion and construct validity.
Constructs/Subject headings: Multidimensional Clinical Personality Tests
Number of items: 200 Items
Language of items: German
Parental Caregiving Style Questionnaire – German Version (PCS-Q-G)
Neumann, E. & Rohmann, E. (2024)
The PCS-Q-G is used to retrospectively record parental caring behaviour. In analogy to the 3-category model of attachment, the instrument distinguishes between the three styles ‘warm/attentive’, ‘ambivalent/inconsistent’ and ‘cold/rejecting’. Reliability: After a 2-month interval, there was 90% agreement between the pre-test and post-test and a kappa value of κ = .66 (maternal caregiving style) and 86% agreement with a kappa of κ = .76 (paternal caregiving style). Validity: The PCS-Q-G demonstrates face validity. The proven correlations with scales on affiliation in the relationship with both parents and on satisfaction and psychological well-being in adulthood confirm the construct validity of the PCS-Q-G.
Constructs/Subject headings: Personality Tests for Social Behavior
Number of items: 6 Items
Language of items: German
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