Emotion regulation among school-age children: the development and validation of a new criterion Q-sort scale.
To foster the study of emotion regulation beyond infancy and toddlerhood, a new criterion Q-sort was constructed. In Study 1, Q-scales for emotion regulation and autonomy were developed, and analyses supported their discriminant validity. Study 2 further explored the construct validity of the Emotion Regulation Q-Scale within a sample of 143 maltreated and 80 impoverished children, aged 6 to 12 years. A multitrait-multimethod matrix and confirmatory factor analyses indicated impressive convergence among the Emotion Regulation Q-Scale and established measures of affect regulation. This new scale also was discriminable from measures of related constructs, including Q-sort assessments of ego resiliency. The use of this new measure was further supported by its ability to distinguish between maltreated and comparison children and between groups of well-regulated versus dysregulated children.
Shields
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Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, New York 14608, USA. Ann_Shields@Brown.edu
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D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000145:classification; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004644:Emotions / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D015203:Reproducibility of Results