School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Yangguang Street S., Fangshan District, Beijing, 102488, China.
BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 15;24(1):561. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05999-3.
Self-absorption refers an excessive, persistent, and rigid preoccupation with information regarding the self. This study aims to introduce the Self-Absorption Scale (SAS) into China with an assessment of its latent variable structure, network structure, psychometric properties, and clinical utility in a nonclinical Chinese sample.
209 participants completed the translated SAS as well as the Short General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), rumination subscale of the Rumination-Reflection Questionnaire (RRQ), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Private Self-Consciousness Scale (PrSCS), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II). In addition, 30 respondents completed the Chinese version of the SAS and retested it 2 weeks later.
The Chinese version of the SAS (CH-SAS) had a desirable two-correlated-factor structure with the reverse scored item removed, which was invariant across different genders. The core items in the network structure of the CH-SAS were related to excessive self-immersion, uncontrollability and anxiety aspects of self-absorption. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the CH-SAS was 0.903 while the McDonald's omega coefficient was 0.916 and the test-retest reliability was 0.908. The CH-SAS and its two subscales had moderate positive correlations with the rumination subscale of the RRQ (ranging from 0.474 to 0.616; p < .001) and the GHQ-12 (ranging from 0.479 to 0.538; p < .001), and moderate negative correlations with the MAAS (ranging from - 0.413 to - 0.360; p < .001). The PrSCS has almost no correlation with the CH-SAS and PrSAS (p > .05), and its correlation with the PubSAS was significant at the 0.05 level, with a remarkably low correlation coefficient (r = .157). The hierarchical regression analysis suggested that the CH-SAS can significantly predict the severity of OCD beyond factors such as depression, anxiety, rumination, dissociation, and mindful attention awareness.
The CH-SAS demonstrates excellent reliability, including internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Additionally, it exhibits favorable structural validity, as well as strong evidence of convergent and divergent validity. Furthermore, the self-absorption measured using the CH-SAS contributed significantly to the prediction of OCD beyond other relevant psychological factors, suggesting its clinical utility.
自我关注是指对自身相关信息的过度、持续和僵化的关注。本研究旨在将自我关注量表（SAS）引入中国，并评估其在非临床中国样本中的潜在变量结构、网络结构、心理测量特性和临床实用性。
209 名参与者完成了翻译后的 SAS 以及简短一般健康问卷（GHQ-12）、反思反思问卷（RRQ）的反思分量表、正念注意意识量表（MAAS）、私人自我意识量表（PrSCS）、强迫症量表修订版（OCI-R）和分离经验量表（DES-II）。此外，30 名受访者完成了 SAS 的中文版，并在两周后进行了重测。
去除反向评分项目后，SAS 的中文版（CH-SAS）具有理想的两相关因素结构，且在不同性别之间不变。CH-SAS 网络结构中的核心项目与过度自我沉浸、不可控性和自我关注的焦虑方面有关。CH-SAS 的克朗巴赫α系数为 0.903，麦克唐纳ω系数为 0.916，重测信度为 0.908。CH-SAS 及其两个分量表与 RRQ 的反思分量表（范围为 0.474 至 0.616；p < 0.001）和 GHQ-12（范围为 0.479 至 0.538；p < 0.001）呈中度正相关，与 MAAS（范围为 -0.413 至 -0.360；p < 0.001）呈中度负相关。PrSCS 与 CH-SAS 和 PrSAS 几乎没有相关性（p > 0.05），与 PubSAS 的相关性在 0.05 水平上显著，相关系数极低（r = 0.157）。层次回归分析表明，CH-SAS 可以显著预测 OCD 的严重程度，超出抑郁、焦虑、反思、分离和正念注意意识等因素。
CH-SAS 具有良好的信度，包括内部一致性和重测信度。此外，它具有良好的结构效度，以及强的聚合和发散效度的证据。此外，使用 CH-SAS 测量的自我关注对预测 OCD 具有显著作用，超出了其他相关心理因素的预测作用，表明其具有临床实用性。
