title: Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of Anger and Sadness Self-Regulation Among Youth From Six Cultural Groups.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Giunta
authors.affiliation: 2 University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Iselin
authors.affiliation: 3 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerbino
authors.affiliation: 4 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lansford
authors.affiliation: 4 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Vittorio
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Caprara
authors.affiliation: 5 Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bacchini
authors.affiliation: 6 Universidad San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia.
authors.forename: Liliana Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Uribe Tirado
authors.affiliation: 1 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Eriona
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thartori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D020377:Self Efficacy; D000068356:Self-Control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: attribution bias; cross-cultures; emotion regulation; measurement invariance; self-efficacy