Reliability and validity of the German version of the Young Schema Questionnaire - Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3)
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Reliability and validity of the German version of the Young Schema Questionnaire - Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3). / Kriston, Levente; Schäfer, Janina; Jacob, Gitta; Härter, Martin; Hölzel, Lars P.
In: EUR J PSYCHOL ASSESS, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2013, p. 205-212.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Reliability and validity of the German version of the Young Schema Questionnaire - Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3)
AU - Kriston, Levente
AU - Schäfer, Janina
AU - Jacob, Gitta
AU - Härter, Martin
AU - Hölzel, Lars P.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - To date, the psychometric properties of the German version of the Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3) have not yet been examined. We investigated the reliability and validity of the German version of the YSQ-S3. In a community sample of 1,150 participants and a clinical sample of 30 psychiatric inpatients, we performed reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and correlation analyses, and tested for group differences using analysis of variance. The YSQ-S3 proved to be reliable and corresponded to the theoretically proposed 18-dimensional structure. Schema scores were positively associated with measures of psychopathology and personality disorder, indicating convergent validity. Furthermore, the YSQ-S3 differentiated between participant subgroups defined by level of health-care utilization, supporting discriminant validity. We conclude that the YSQ-S3 is a psychometrically sound instrument that can be used in German-speaking countries in research on early maladaptive schemas. Further research is necessary particularly in larger clinical samples.
AB - To date, the psychometric properties of the German version of the Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form 3 (YSQ-S3) have not yet been examined. We investigated the reliability and validity of the German version of the YSQ-S3. In a community sample of 1,150 participants and a clinical sample of 30 psychiatric inpatients, we performed reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and correlation analyses, and tested for group differences using analysis of variance. The YSQ-S3 proved to be reliable and corresponded to the theoretically proposed 18-dimensional structure. Schema scores were positively associated with measures of psychopathology and personality disorder, indicating convergent validity. Furthermore, the YSQ-S3 differentiated between participant subgroups defined by level of health-care utilization, supporting discriminant validity. We conclude that the YSQ-S3 is a psychometrically sound instrument that can be used in German-speaking countries in research on early maladaptive schemas. Further research is necessary particularly in larger clinical samples.
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 29
SP - 205
EP - 212
JO - EUR J PSYCHOL ASSESS
JF - EUR J PSYCHOL ASSESS
SN - 1015-5759
IS - 3
ER -