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Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups.

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Di Giunta, L; Iselin, A-MR; Eisenberg, N; Pastorelli, C; Gerbino, M; Lansford, JE; Dodge, KA; Caprara, GV; Bacchini, D; Uribe Tirado, LM; Thartori, E
Published in: Assessment
June 2017

The present study examined measurement invariance and convergent validity of a novel vignette-based measure of emotion-specific self-regulation that simultaneously assesses attributional bias, emotion-regulation, and self-efficacy beliefs about emotion regulation. Participants included 541 youth-mother dyads from three countries (Italy, the United States, and Colombia) and six ethnic/cultural groups. Participants were 12.62 years old ( SD = 0.69). In response to vignettes involving ambiguous peer interactions, children reported their hostile/depressive attribution bias, self-efficacy beliefs about anger and sadness regulation, and anger/sadness regulation strategies (i.e., dysregulated expression and rumination). Across the six cultural groups, anger and sadness self-regulation subscales had full metric and partial scalar invariance for a one-factor model, with some exceptions. We found support for both a four- and three-factor oblique model (dysregulated expression and rumination loaded on a second-order factor) for both anger and sadness. Anger subscales were related to externalizing problems, while sadness subscales were related to internalizing symptoms.

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Assessment

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1552-3489

ISSN

1073-1911

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

484 / 502

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Self-Control
  • Self Efficacy
  • Psychometrics
  • Male
  • Italy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
 

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Di Giunta, L., Iselin, A.-M., Eisenberg, N., Pastorelli, C., Gerbino, M., Lansford, J. E., … Thartori, E. (2017). Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups. Assessment, 24(4), 484–502. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191115615214
Di Giunta, Laura, Anne-Marie R. Iselin, Nancy Eisenberg, Concetta Pastorelli, Maria Gerbino, Jennifer E. Lansford, Kenneth A. Dodge, et al. “Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups.Assessment 24, no. 4 (June 2017): 484–502. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191115615214.
Di Giunta L, Iselin A-MR, Eisenberg N, Pastorelli C, Gerbino M, Lansford JE, et al. Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups. Assessment. 2017 Jun;24(4):484–502.
Di Giunta, Laura, et al. “Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups.Assessment, vol. 24, no. 4, June 2017, pp. 484–502. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1073191115615214.
Di Giunta L, Iselin A-MR, Eisenberg N, Pastorelli C, Gerbino M, Lansford JE, Dodge KA, Caprara GV, Bacchini D, Uribe Tirado LM, Thartori E. Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups. Assessment. 2017 Jun;24(4):484–502.
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Published In

Assessment

DOI

EISSN

1552-3489

ISSN

1073-1911

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

484 / 502

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Self-Control
  • Self Efficacy
  • Psychometrics
  • Male
  • Italy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical