Abstract

CONTRERAS-VALDEZ, José Alfredo; HERNANDEZ-GUZMAN, Laura  and  FREYRE, Miguel-Ángel. Construct Validity of the Emotional Dysregulation Scale, Short Form, for Children and Adolescents. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.16, n.1, pp.19-31. ISSN 1657-8961.

Objective. The aims of this research were to test the unidimensional model of the Emotional Dysregulation Scale, short form (EDS-short), for children and adolescents, to examine its invariance across sex and age, and to investigate its convergent validity. Method. By intentional sampling, 407 and 546 young people answered the EDS-short and the Negative Affect subscale of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children in a first study and its replication, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyze the unidimensional structure of the EDS-short, and Pearson correlation was used to examine the association between emotion dysregulation and negative affect. Results. In both studies the unidimensional model showed an adequate fit (x² / gl < 2.76; RMSEA < 0.06; CFI = 0.99; IFI = 0.99; NFI = 0.98; NNFI = 0.99), as well as invariance between girls and boys, and children and adolescents (ACFI = 0.00). A positive and moderate relation between emotion dysregulation and negative affect was found (r > 0.57). Conclusion. The EDS-short has a unidimensional measurement model and convergent validity. It is recommended as a viable measure of child and adolescent emotional dysregulation.

Keywords : Emotional regulation; emotions; distress; psychopathology; self-report.

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