Schmalbach Bjarne, Spina Roy, Steffens-Guerra Ileana, Franke Gabriele H, Kliem Sören, Michaelides Michalis P, Hinz Andreas, Zenger Markus
Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Chichester, Chichester, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2017 Nov 14;8:2005. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02005. eCollection 2017.
The Health Regulatory Focus Scale (HRFS) is a short scale which measures an individual's prevention and promotion focus in a health-specific context. The main objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the newly translated German version of the HRFS. Reliability and item characteristics were found to be satisfactory. Validity of both subscales toward other psychological constructs including behavioral approach and avoidance, core self-evaluations, optimism, pessimism, neuroticism, as well as several measures of physical and mental health was shown. In addition, invariance of the measure across age and gender groups was shown. Exploratory as well as confirmatory factor analyses clearly indicated a two-factorial structure with a moderate correlation between the two latent constructs. Differences in health promotion and prevention focus between socio-demographic groups are discussed. The HRFS is found to be a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of regulatory focus in health-related environments.
健康调节焦点量表（HRFS）是一个短量表，用于测量个体在特定健康背景下的预防焦点和促进焦点。本研究的主要目的是检验新翻译的德文版HRFS的心理测量特性。结果发现其信度和项目特征令人满意。研究表明，该量表两个分量表对于包括行为趋近和回避、核心自我评价、乐观、悲观、神经质以及多项身心健康指标在内的其他心理结构具有效度。此外，还表明了该测量在年龄和性别组间具有不变性。探索性和验证性因素分析均明确表明该量表具有双因素结构，且两个潜在结构之间存在中等程度的相关性。文中还讨论了社会人口学群体在健康促进和预防焦点方面的差异。结果发现，HRFS是评估健康相关环境中调节焦点的有效且可靠的工具。
