Open AccessMeasuring Fear of Failure
Author(s) -
Christine Henschel,
Benjamin Iffland
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological test adaptation and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2698-1866
DOI - 10.1027/2698-1866/a000018
Subject(s) - psychology , fear of failure , german , context (archaeology) , construct (python library) , construct validity , confirmatory factor analysis , sample (material) , psychometrics , scope (computer science) , applied psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , computer science , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , biology , history , programming language
. Fear of failure (FF) is a multidimensional construct encompassing anticipated negative consequences deriving from potential failures in evaluative achievement contexts, such as education or sports. The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI; Conroy et al., 2002 ) assesses five threat appraisals associated with FF and has been validated in various cultures, languages, and contexts. To date, there is no instrument measuring FF in an academic context in German. Thus, this study examined the psychometric properties of a German version of the PFAI in a sample of N = 326 university students. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a correlated five-factor structure that has already been established in previous validation studies as well as a bifactor structure. All dimensions demonstrated satisfactory internal consistencies and construct validity. Within the scope of this study, the German version of the PFAI was found to be a psychometrically sound measure to assess FF in an academic context amongst university students.