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Deutsche Version der Snaith-Hamilton-Pleasure-Scale (SHAPS-D)

1998; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 66; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-2007-995279

1439-3522

M. Franz, Matthias Lemke, Thorsten Meyer, J. Ulferts, P. Puhl, R. P. Snaith,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

The Snaith-Hamilton-Pleasure-Scale (SHAPS), introduced in English in 1995, assesses self-reported anhedonia in psychiatric patients. It has proven psychometric properties and advantages in applicability compared to other instruments assessing anhedonia. This study presents results of a systematic transcultural protocol translating the SHAPS into German (SHAPS-D). Quality of translation was confirmed on the one hand by bilingual reviewers with regard to equivalence in content and tone. On the other hand stable results were found in a test-retest-design crossing the English and German version with bilingual persons. SHAPS-D was obtained from schizophrenic (n = 50) and depressive (n = 33) patients and from healthy controls (n = 67). Results on applicability, internal consistency and relationship to depression, subjective quality of life, well-being as well as psychopathology indicate that the SHAPS-D is a useful and promising instrument in assessing anhedonia.