TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stangier, Ulrich
A1  - Schüller, Johanna
A1  - Brähler, Elmar
T1  - Development and validation of a new instrument to measure social pain
T2  - Scientific reports
N2  - Social pain is an emotional reaction to social exclusion which has been widely investigated in experimental settings. We developed the Social Pain Questionnaire (SPQ) and examined its factor structure, reliability, and construct validity. We constructed a 46-item pool that covered a broad range of situations related to social pain. Using three different subsamples (Online convenience sample: n = 623, Representative sample: n = 2531, Clinical sample of outpatients seeking psychotherapy: n = 270) we reduced the item pool to 10 items for the final SPQ scale, paying particular attention to content validity and factorial structure. Convergent, divergent and discriminant validity were assessed using standardized measures of related constructs and group differences. For the final 10-item version, a good factorial structure and reliability were found. Convergent validity was supported by correlations with related instruments of interpersonal sensitivity, attachment styles, depression and social anxiety. The representative and clinical sample differed significantly in social pain. The SPQ is an economic self-report measure with solid psychometric properties. Our data support the factorial, construct and convergent validity. The SPQ can be used to clarify the role of social pain in mental disorders and to incorporate interventions targeted towards social pain in psychotherapeutic settings.
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Social behaviour
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62838
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-628386
SN  - 2045-2322
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
N1  - The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available in the OSF repository (https://osf.io/m78sx/?).
N1  - The full code of the genetic algorithm application is available in the OSF repository (https://osf.io/m78sx/?).
VL  - 11
IS  - art. 8283
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
PB  - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
CY  - [London]
ER  -