title: The Experience in Personal Social Systems Questionnaire (EXIS.pers): Development and Psychometric Properties.
abstract: This study presents the theoretical background, development, and psychometric properties of the German and English versions of the Experience in Personal Social Systems Questionnaire (EXIS.pers). It assesses how the members of a personal social system experience their situation within that system. It is designed as a research tool for interventions in which only one member of the system participates (e.g., Family Constellation Seminars). The EXIS.pers was created to measure change on the individual level relating to one's own important personal social system. In Study 1, we used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) for latent variable identification of the original German EXIS.pers (n = 179). In Studies 2 and 3, we used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the dimensionality of the German (n = 634) and English (n = 310) EXIS.pers. Internal consistencies and cross-cultural structural equivalence were assessed. EFA indicated that a four-factor model provided best fit for the German EXIS.pers. For both the German and English EXIS.pers, CFA provided the best fit for a five-factor bi-level model that included a general factor (Experience In Personal Social Systems) and four dimensions (Belonging, Autonomy, Accord, Confidence). Good internal consistencies, external associations, and cross-cultural structural equivalence were demonstrated. This study provides first evidence for the German and English EXIS.pers as an economical and reliable measure of an individual's experience within his or her personal social systems.
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Hunger
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Annette
authors: A
authors: Bornhäuser
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Leoni
authors: L
authors: Link
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Julian
authors: J
authors: Geigges
authors: Institute of Psychology, Quantitative Research Methods, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Voss
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Weinhold
authors: Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Jochen
authors: J
authors: Schweitzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations
keywords: Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Cross-Cultural Equivalence; Experience in Personal Social Systems (EXIS.pers); Scale Development; Structural Equivalence; Systemic Family Constellations; Systemic Interventions; Systemic Therapy; Systems Measure; constelaciones familiares; desarrollo de escalas; experiencia en los sistemas sociales personales (EXIS.pers); intervención sistémica; medida; sistemas sociales; 个人社会系统经历(EXIS.pers); 家庭组合; 指标; 社会系统; 系统干预; 规模发展