Опитувальник порівняльного індексу почуття неповноцінності: переклад, валідизація та досвід використання в Україні. Вісник Вінницького національного медичного університету

 УДК: 316.6:159.9

Annotation. Among the various destructive phenomena that negatively affect the harmony of an individual's life, the issue of overcoming the feeling of inferiority takes on special importance. The study of this phenomenon among the population of Ukraine in the modern conditions of martial law and the COVID-19 pandemic is extremely relevant. The aim of the study is to translate, adapt and validate the questionnaire "Comparative Feeling of Inferiority Index", as well as to determine the feeling of inferiority index among student youth with its help. The following descriptive and analytical statistics methods were used in the research: arithmetic mean with standard square deviation (М±SD), percentages with error (Р±m, %), Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α-coefficient), correlation according to Spearman's rank (R). Within the framework of the research, a verified translation of the questionnaire into Ukrainian was carried out for the first time with adaptation of the terminology to the specifics of the language. Pilot testing of the translated questionnaire and repeated re-testing with the same participants was conducted, which proved excellent reliability and diagnostic discriminative ability of the method (R=0.74, p<0.001). The questionnaire was tested on a representative sample (n=612) involving students of higher education institutions of Lviv. The conducted testing proved the validity and high level of reliability of the translated questionnaire: reliable values of internal consistency estimates were obtained according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient – 0.85 for the assessment of a family member and 0.80 for the self-assessment scale. Also, according to the results of the testing, it was established that 7.03±1.03% of the interviewed students had a feeling of Inferiority, and 11.11±1.27% – a feeling of superiority.

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Асоціація почуття тривоги та феномена власної неповноцінності. Медичні перспективи

УДК 316.6:159.923.2 
The phenomenon of inferiority as a key concept of Adler's theory of psychology can contribute to the appearance of social anxiety. Since both anxiety and feeling of inferiority have an impact on mental and somatic health, the aim of the study was to investigate the association of the phenomenon of inferiority with the feeling of anxiety. During October-November 2021 in the course of the study, a questionnaire survey of 612 students of higher education institutions of Lviv was conducted. Two questionnaires were used for the survey: the Comparative Feeling of Inferiority Index and Beck's Anxiety Inventory. The analysis of the findings was performed using the methods of descriptive (median, 25% and 75% quartiles, percentages with 95% confidence intervals) and analytical statistics (Kruskal-Wallis test, Dunn's post-hoc paired test, Pearson's test). The research established that the feeling of anxiety is characteristic of 54.95% [45.67-64.07] of the respondents with the Index of Superiority, 48.84% [34.17-63.61] of the respondents with the Index of Inferiority and 43.91% [39.60-48.28] of respondents with the absence of the phenomenon of altered self-esteem (Norma). Median scores on Beck's Anxiety Inventory were significantly higher in individuals with the index of superiority – 8.5 [5; 16.3] points. A comparison of the presence of anxiety by gender showed that anxiety symptoms are significantly more common in women than in men: 57.85% [51.82-63.77] vs 37.04% [32.07-42.15] respectively, p<0.001. Anxiety is most often characteristic of women with the index of superiority – 76.67% [60.16-89.79]) of women in this group. The value of the findings is determined by the fact that in Ukraine this is the first scientific study regarding the research of the association of the phenomenon of inferiority and anxiety in adult population with using proven and valid questionnaires that are actively used by scientists around the world.
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