Revised Short Screening Version of the Profile of Mood States (POMS) From the German General Population

Frontiers in Psychology

Markus Zenger¹  Elmar Brähler²  Bjarne Schmalbach³  Katja Petrowski⁴  Cornelia Albani⁵ 

[1] Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Stendal, Germany;Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) AdiposityDiseases - Behavioral Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany;Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) AdiposityDiseases - Behavioral Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany;Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany;Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany;Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany;Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Carl Gustav Carus at the University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany;Schussental Clinic, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Aulendorf, Germany;

关键词: mood;    assessment;    scale development;    screening instrument;    factor analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631668

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and validating a short form of the Profile of Mood States (POMS). The POMS is a widely-applied measure for the assessment of an individual's mood. Thus, it is of great relevance for many research questions in clinical and social psychology. To develop the short scale, we first examined psychometric properties and found the optimal 16-item solution among all valid combinations of the full POMS in an exploratory subsample (n = 1,029) of our complete representative sample of the German general population. We then validated this model in a confirmatory subsample (n = 977). Additionally, we examined its invariance across age groups and sex, as well as its reliability. Our results indicate that the POMS-16 is a valid and reliable measure of mood states with minimal losses compared to the 35-item version. Particularly where brevity and an economical assessment is desired, the POMS-16 should be considered.

【 授权许可】

CC BY