[Validation and standardization of the "Questionnaire for Assessing Subjective Physical Well-Being" by Kolip and Schmidt in a representative German sample]

Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2006 Mar-Apr;56(3-4):172-81. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-915467.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The "Questionnaire for Assessing Subjective Physical Well-Being" by Kolip and Schmidt is examined using data drawn from a nationally representative survey of 573 former East and 1900 former West Germans. In this non-clinical sample the construct "subjective physical well-being" assessed by the "Questionnaire for Assessing Subjective Physical Well-Being" seems to have just one dimension. As women and probands with growing age score lower for "subjective physical well-being" a differentiated standardization was done for gender and age. Connections between "subjective physical well-being" and body-image assessed by the "Body Image Questionnaire" (FKB-20), quality of life ("EURO-HIS-QOL"), and questions for concerns about financial situation, family and health give hints for validity of the questionnaire.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Germany, East / epidemiology
  • Germany, West / epidemiology
  • Health Status*
  • Health Surveys*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Quality of Life
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*