title: [Readiness for behavioural change in somatoform disorders].
abstract: The readiness for behavioural change in patients with somatoform symptoms constitutes an important construct in psychotherapy research. However, no psychometric instrument is available yet for assessing this construct. This study, therefore, attempts to adapt a questionnaire for the assessment of the "readiness for behavioural change" in patients with chronic pain (FQ-STAPM) to patients with somatoform symptoms. Various psychometric test criteria of the questionnaire are examined. The sample consists of n=103 in- and outpatients with multiple somatoform symptoms. Item characteristics, reliability (internal consistency), and construct validity for three of the four adapted scales are acceptable. Furthermore, the four-factor-structure of the FQ-STAPM can be confirmed. Moderate changes on the adapted scales of the FQ-STAPM are detected in a longitudinal design. The results corroborate the applicability of the instrument in patients with somatoform symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Arbeitseinheit Klinische Psychologie, Germany. heider@uni-landau.de
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heider
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaby
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schröder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires