Department of Internal Medicine III, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
BMC Psychol. 2022 Mar 11;10(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00741-8.
The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the newly developed English version of the Giessen Subjective Complaint List-8 (GBB-8), a questionnaire assessing psychosomatic symptoms with regard to exhaustion, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular.
A U.S. sample of 638 participants (47.6% female) was recruited by MTurk to participate in this cross-sectional online survey. Validation instruments included the Patient Health Questionnaire-4, Perceived Stress Scale, short version of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress.
Reliability was high with ω's between .80 and .86 for all subscales. Confirmatory factor analyses yielded comparable good model fit for a four-dimensional model as well as a higher order model. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses confirmed measurement invariance of the GBB-8 across sex and age. Regarding convergent validity, correlations with other instruments were highly significant and of large magnitude as expected.
The English version of the GBB-8 has shown excellent psychometric properties. Therefore, it can be recommended for the assessment of psychosomatic complaints in contexts where short screening instruments are necessary.
本研究调查了新开发的英文版 Giessen 主观抱怨清单-8(GBB-8)的心理测量特性,该问卷评估了与疲惫、胃肠道、肌肉骨骼和心血管有关的身心症状。
通过 MTurk 招募了 638 名美国参与者(47.6%为女性)参与这项横断面在线调查。验证工具包括患者健康问卷-4、感知压力量表、慢性应激特里尔量表简短版。
所有分量表的 ω 值在.80 和.86 之间,可靠性较高。验证性因子分析表明,四维度模型和高阶模型具有相当好的模型拟合度。多组验证性因子分析证实了 GBB-8 在性别和年龄上的测量不变性。关于聚合效度,与其他工具的相关性高度显著且符合预期的大。
GBB-8 的英文版本表现出优异的心理测量特性。因此,它可以在需要简短筛查工具的情况下推荐用于评估身心抱怨。