title: [Decision behavior and task orientation of adolescent psychiatric patients--on the diagnostic and therapeutic relevance of a questionnaire for action control].
abstract: The diagnostic and therapeutic relevance of a questionnaire on action control. The present study deals with the applicability of the "theory of action control" (Kuhl, 1983) to psychiatric disorders in adolescents. A questionnaire on action vs state orientation in planning situations (HOP scale; Kuhl, 1985) was given to adolescent inpatients. The sample was subdivided into an anorectic group and by extreme-group clustering, a group with severe conduct disorders and a clinical control group. The hypothesis of high scores on action orientation on the HOP scale was confirmed for the anorectic patients but not for those with conduct disorders. A factor analysis of the HOP scale items yielded a three-factor solution. For two of the three factors differences between the clinical groups were found: The anorectic patients showed a high level of action orientation in situations with intense task commitment, whereas the patients with conduct disorders were mainly action-oriented in situations with forced decisions. With some restrictions the findings can be interpreted as clinical validation of the questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Universität zu Kiel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hobrücker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kühl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012951:Socialization
vernacular_title: Entscheidungsverhalten und Aufgabenorientierung bei jugend-psychiatrischen Patienten-Zur diagnostischen und therapeutischen Relevanz eines Fragebogens zur Handlungskontrolle.