Psihometrijske karakteristike Upitnika osjetljivosti na okolinu za odrasle HSP-12 u uzorku mladih odraslih osoba

master's thesis

• Title (english): Psychometric characteristics of the 12-item Highly Sensitive Person scale (HSP-12) in a sample of young adults
• Author: Tea Đula
• Mentor: Gordana Keresteš (mentor)
• Committee member: Dragutin Ivanec (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Francesca Dumančić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-12-18, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Osjetljivost na okolinu se definira kao osobina ličnosti koju karakterizira povećana senzorna osjetljivost te jača i dublja kognitivna obrada podražaja iz okoline. Upitnici osjetljivosti na okolinu za odrasle na hrvatskom jeziku za sada nisu dostupni. Stoga je cilj ovog istraživanja bio ispitati psihometrijske karakteristike hrvatske verzije nedavno razvijenog Upitnika osjetljivosti na okolinu za odrasle HSP-12 (Pluess i sur., 2023) u uzorku mladih odraslih osoba (N=363, 59% žena). Eksploratornom faktorskom analizom ekstrahirana su tri očekivana faktora koji zajedno objašnjavaju 54.58% varijance: Pobudljivost, Nizak osjetni prag i Estetska osjetljivost. Cronbachovi alfa koeficijenti ukazuju na zadovoljavajuću pouzdanost čitavog Upitnika HSP-12 i podljestvice Pobudljivost, dok pouzdanost podljestvica Nizak osjetni prag i Estetska osjetljivost nije bila zadovoljavajuća. Statistički značajne pozitivne korelacije ukupnih rezultata na Upitniku HSP-12, kao i rezultata na njegovim podljestvicama s rezultatima na podljestvicama depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa Upitnika DASS-21, Indeksu anksiozne osjetljivosti i podljestvici Traumatskog stresa iz Ljestvice COVID stresa potvrdili su konvergentnu valjanost Upitnika HSP-12. Regresijskim analizama utvrđeno je da pet temeljnih osobina ličnosti iz modela „Velikih pet“ zajedno objašnjavaju 39 % varijance ukupnih rezultata na Upitniku HSP-12 te od 18 do 42% varijance rezultata na njegovim podljestvicama, što govori o dobroj divergentnoj valjanosti Upitnika HSP-12. Istraživanje pokazuje da je hrvatska verzija Upitnika HSP-12 valjana i pouzdana mjera samoprocijenjene osjetljivosti na okolinu mladih odraslih osoba koja se može koristiti u budućim istraživanjima.

Abstract (english)

Environmental sensitivity is defined as a personality trait characterized by increased sensory sensitivity and stronger and deeper cognitive processing of environmental stimuli. There are no questionnaires for measuring environmental sensitivity in adult population in Croatian. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Croatian version of the recently developed 12-item Highly Sensitive Person scale (HSP-12) (Pluess et al., 2023) in a sample of young adults (N=363, 59% women). The exploratory factor analysis yielded three expected factors accounting for 54.58% of the total variance: Ease of Excitation, Low Sensory Threshold, and Aesthetic Sensitivity. Cronbach alphas indicated satisfactory reliability of the whole HSP-12 and the Ease of Excitation subscale, whereas reliabilities of the Low Sensory Threshold and Aesthetic Sensitivity subscales were low. Convergent validity of the HSP-12 was good, as indicated by statistically significant positive correlations of the total HSP-12 score and scores for the three HSP-12 subscales with the results on the depression, anxiety, and stress subscales of the DASS-21, Anxiety Sensitivity Index, and Traumatic Stress subscale of the COVID Stress Scale. Multiple regression analyses showed that the big five personality traits accounted for 39% of the variance in total HSP-12 score, and from 18 to 42% of the variance in HSP-12 subscale scores, indicating good divergent validity. The study showes that the Croatian version of the HSP-12 is valid and reliable measure of self-rated environmental sensitivity in young adults that can be recommended for use in future studies.

• Keywords: Upitnik osjetljivosti na okolinu za odrasle HSP-12; psihometrijske karakteristike; mlade odrasle osobe
• Keywords (english): 12-item Highly Sensitive Person scale (HSP-12); psychometric characteristics; young adults
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:158835
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-12-20 08:06:26