Validation of the German Version of the Creative Imagination Scale (CIS) in Individuals with Mild to Moderate Depressive Symptoms: A Comparison with the HGSHS-5:G.

Julia Siewert, Benno Brinkhaus, Björn Rasch, Michael Teut, Maximilian Hinse

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Julia SiewertInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-University Medical Center Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4956-438X

Benno BrinkhausInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-University Medical Center Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6290-744X

Björn RaschDepartment of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Rue P.A. de Faucigny 2, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7607-3415

Michael TeutInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-University Medical Center Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7150-7165

Maximilian HinseInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-University Medical Center Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9245-7582

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Abstract

Imaginative suggestibility is an important component of hypnotic responsiveness. However, a validated German version of the Creative Imagination Scale (CIS) is lacking. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and convergent validity of the German CIS against the short form of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS-5:G) in individuals with mild to moderate depressive symptoms. In this post hoc validation study, the German CIS was evaluated using reliability analyses, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and mixed polychoric-tetrachoric correlations with the HGSHS-5:G. Among 97 participants, the CIS showed good internal consistency (α = 0.85, ω = 0.87). A two-factor model showed better fit than a unidimensional model, although absolute model fit remained suboptimal and the factors were highly correlated (r = 0.80). CIS and HGSHS-5:G scores were moderately correlated (r = 0.52,

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creative imagination scaledepressive symptomsfactor analysisHarvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibilityhypnotic suggestibilitypsychometricsvalidation study

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PMID42792302

DOI10.3390/bs16091502

PMCPMC13603292

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