TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kühne, Franziska
A1  - Paunov, Tatjana
A1  - Weck, Florian
T1  - Recognizing obsessive-compulsive disorder
BT  - How suitable is the German Zohar-Fineberg obsessive-compulsive screen?
JF  - BMC psychiatry
N2  - Background 
Despite the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), its precise identification remains challenging. With the Zohar-Fineberg Obsessive-Compulsive Screen (ZF-OCS; 5 or 6 items), a brief instrument is widely available mainly in English. As there is a lack of empirical studies on the ZF-OCS, the aim of the present study was to translate the items into German and investigate the instrument in a nonclinical sample. 

Methods 
In two consecutive online surveys, n = 304 and n = 51 students participated. Besides the ZF-OCS, they answered established measures on OCD, depression, health anxiety, general anxiety and health-related well-being.  

Results 
Whereas internal consistency was low (α = .53–.72; ω = .55–.69), retest reliability (rt1,t2 = .89) at two weeks was high. As expected, we found high correlations with other OCD instruments (r > .61; convergent validity), and significantly weaker correlations with measures of depression (r = .39), health anxiety (r = .29), and health-related well-being (r = −.28, divergent validity). Nonetheless, the correlations with general anxiety were somewhere in between (r = .52).

Conclusions 
Due to heterogeneous OCD subtypes, the ZF-OCS asks diverse questions which probably resulted in the present internal consistency. Nevertheless, the results on retest reliability and validity were promising. As for other OCD instruments, divergent validity regarding general anxiety seems problematic to establish. Even so, the ZF-OCS seems valuable for screening purposes, as it is short and easy to administer, and may facilitate initiating subsequent clinical assessment. Further studies should determine the instrument’s diagnostic accuracy.
KW  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW  - Psychodiagnostics
KW  - Psychometric properties
KW  - Screening
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03458-x
SN  - 1471-244X
VL  - 21
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ruzanska, Ulrike Alexandra
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 in a community sample
JF  - Appetite : multidisciplinary research on eating and drinking
KW  - Intuitive eating scale
KW  - Healthy eating behavior
KW  - Psychometric properties
KW  - Disordered eating
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.06.018
SN  - 0195-6663
SN  - 1095-8304
VL  - 117
SP  - 126
EP  - 134
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zuba, Anna
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - Weight bias internalization across weight categories among school-aged children
BT  - validation of the weight bias internalization scale for children
JF  - Body image : an international journal of research
N2  - Anti-fat bias is widespread and is linked to the internalization of weight bias and psychosocial problems. The purpose of this study was to examine the internalization of weight bias among children across weight categories and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Weight Bias Internalization Scale for Children (WBIS-C). Data were collected from 1484 primary school children and their parents. WBIS-C demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha = .86) after exclusion of Item 1. The unitary factor structure was supported using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (factorial validity). Girls and overweight children reported higher WBIS-C scores in comparison to boys and non-overweight peers (known-groups validity). Convergent validity was shown by significant correlations with psychosocial problems. Internalization of weight bias explained additional variance in different indicators of psychosocial well-being. The results suggest that the WBIS-C is a psychometrically sound and informative tool to assess weight bias internalization among children.
KW  - Internalization of weight bias
KW  - Weight stigma
KW  - Psychological functioning
KW  - Psychometric properties
KW  - Children
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.02.008
SN  - 1740-1445
SN  - 1873-6807
VL  - 25
SP  - 56
EP  - 65
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -