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EFK
Essener Fragebogen zur Krankheitsverarbeitung
Short abstract
The EFK is a brief cross-disease screening measure and captures the disease processing behavior of visually impaired patients. Using 45 items, the EFK measures the following nine coping domains at the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels: (1) Action-oriented, problem-focused coping, (2) Distance and self-construction, (3) Information-seeking and experience-sharing, (4) Trivialization, wishful thinking, and threat defense, (5) Depressive processing, (6) Willingness to accept help, (7) Active search for social inclusion, (8) Trust in medical art, (9) Working out an inner support. Reliability: Internal consistency for all patients ranged from alpha = .65 (trust in medical art scale) to alpha = .80 (acting problem-oriented coping and trust in medical art scales). Validity: a factor analytic examination (varimax rotation) revealed a 12-factor structure. Correlations (according to Pearson) were calculated with the Freiburg Questionnaire on Illness Processing (FKV-LIS) and the Social Support Questionnaire (F-SOZU).
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2021). Open Test Archive: EFK. Essener Fragebogen zur Krankheitsverarbeitung. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9004126
Citation
Franke, G. H. & Jagla-Franke, M. (2021). EFK. Essener Fragebogen zur Krankheitsverarbeitung [aktualisierte Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen deutsch und englisch, und Auswertung(Item-Skalenzuordnung)]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive.Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4893
Short information
Short Name EFK
English Name Essen Coping Questionnaire
Authors Franke, G. H. & Jagla-Franke, M.
Published in Test archive 2021
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Coping Behavior, Strategies, Depression (Emotion)
Language versions deu eng
Construct Disease coping
Application age Adolescents from age 16 and for young adults
Item number 45 items
Subscales (1) Acting, problem-oriented coping, (2) Distance and self-building, (3) Search for information and exchange of experience, (4) Trivialisation, wishful thinking and threat defence, (5) Depressive processing, (6) Willingness to accept help, (7) Active search for social integration, (8) Trust in the medical art, (9) Working out an inner hold.
Application Time approx. 5-10 minutes
Interpretation time approx. 10 minutes
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .65-.80.
Findings on factorial and convergent validity.
None; Reference values ( Means and standard deviation).
Applications Research, Practice
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Franke, G. H., Mähner, N., Reimer, J., Spangemacher, B. & Esser, J. (2000). Erste Überprüfung des Essener Fragebogens zur Krankheitsverarbeitung (EFK) an sehbeeinträchtigten Patienten. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 21(2), 166-172. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0138407
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Contact information
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Helga Franke, Psychodiagnostik, Hochschule Magedeburg Stendal, Osterburger Straße 25, D-39576 Hansestadt Stendal
Dr. Melanie Jagla-Franke, Psychodiagnostik und Gutachtentechnik, Hochschule Magdeburg Stendal, Osterburger Straße 25, D-39114 Stendal