Bart Victoria K E, Wenke Dorit, Rieger Martina
Department of Psychology and Sports Medicine, Institute of Psychology, UMIT TIROL-Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
Department of Psychology, PFH Private University of Applied Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 14;14:1199648. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1199648. eCollection 2023.
Sense of agency refers to the experience of controlling one's actions and through them events in the outside world. General agency beliefs can be measured with the Sense of Agency Scale (SoAS), which consists of the sense of positive agency subscale (i.e., feeling of being in control over one's own body, mind, and environment) and the sense of negative agency subscale (i.e., feeling existentially helpless). The aim of the present study was to validate a German version of the SoAS. Using factor analyzes, we replicated the two-factor structure of the original version of the SoAS. Further, the German SoAS showed good model fits, good internal consistency, and moderate test-retest reliability. Construct validity was supported by significant low to moderate correlations of the German SoAS with other conceptually similar, but still distinct constructs such as general self-efficacy. Additionally, the German SoAS has an incremental value in explaining variance in the extent of subclinical symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder that goes beyond variance explained by constructs that are conceptually similar to sense of agency. Taken together, the results indicate that the German SoAS is a valid and suitable instrument to assess one's general agency beliefs.
能动性意识是指控制自身行为并借此控制外部世界事件的体验。一般能动性信念可用能动性意识量表（SoAS）来衡量，该量表由积极能动性意识子量表（即对自身身体、思维和环境有掌控感）和消极能动性意识子量表（即存在无助感）组成。本研究的目的是验证SoAS的德文版本。通过因子分析，我们重现了SoAS原始版本的两因素结构。此外，德文版SoAS显示出良好的模型拟合度、良好的内部一致性和适度的重测信度。德文版SoAS与其他概念相似但仍有区别的结构（如一般自我效能感）之间存在显著的低到中度相关性，这支持了其结构效度。此外，德文版SoAS在解释分裂型人格障碍亚临床症状程度的方差方面具有增量价值，超出了与能动性意识概念相似的结构所解释的方差。综上所述，结果表明德文版SoAS是评估个体一般能动性信念的有效且合适的工具。
