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Article: Emotional flexibility: development and application of a scale in adolescent earthquake survivors

TitleEmotional flexibility: development and application of a scale in adolescent earthquake survivors
Authors
KeywordsEarthquake survivors
emotional flexibility
psychological well-being
scale development
Issue Date2018
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/tra/index.aspx
Citation
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2018, v. 10 n. 2, p. 246-252 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: Coping flexibility is strongly associated with individuals' well-being when coping with trauma. However an instrument to measure emotional flexibility, a specific type of coping flexibility, is yet to be developed. The present study reported the development and validation of a Self-Administered Inventory on emotional flexibility. The study also explored the relationship between emotional flexibility and psychological well-being in adolescents who had experienced the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China. Method: A sample of 327 adolescents from Beijing was recruited for item development and preliminary validation. Another sample of 941 middle school students from areas affected by the Sichuan earthquake was recruited for further validation and examination of its relationship with psychological well-being. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to examine the construct validity of the scale. The criterion validity of the measure was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The Emotional Flexibility Scale comprises 10 items covering 3 dimensions, namely tuning of positive emotions, emotion communication, and tuning of negative emotions. Emotional flexibility was positively correlated with cognitive flexibility and psychological well-being. Conclusions: The Emotional Flexibility Scale provides a brief, reliable, and valid measure of emotion regulation ability of adolescents faced with disasters. © 2016 American Psychological Association.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274043
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.552
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dc.contributor.authorFu, F-
dc.contributor.authorChow, AYM-
dc.contributor.authorLi, J-
dc.contributor.authorCong, Z-
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-18T14:53:54Z-
dc.date.available2019-08-18T14:53:54Z-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.citationPsychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2018, v. 10 n. 2, p. 246-252-
dc.identifier.issn1942-9681-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274043-
dc.description.abstractObjective: Coping flexibility is strongly associated with individuals' well-being when coping with trauma. However an instrument to measure emotional flexibility, a specific type of coping flexibility, is yet to be developed. The present study reported the development and validation of a Self-Administered Inventory on emotional flexibility. The study also explored the relationship between emotional flexibility and psychological well-being in adolescents who had experienced the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China. Method: A sample of 327 adolescents from Beijing was recruited for item development and preliminary validation. Another sample of 941 middle school students from areas affected by the Sichuan earthquake was recruited for further validation and examination of its relationship with psychological well-being. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to examine the construct validity of the scale. The criterion validity of the measure was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The Emotional Flexibility Scale comprises 10 items covering 3 dimensions, namely tuning of positive emotions, emotion communication, and tuning of negative emotions. Emotional flexibility was positively correlated with cognitive flexibility and psychological well-being. Conclusions: The Emotional Flexibility Scale provides a brief, reliable, and valid measure of emotion regulation ability of adolescents faced with disasters. © 2016 American Psychological Association.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/tra/index.aspx-
dc.relation.ispartofPsychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy-
dc.rightsPsychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Copyright © American Psychological Association.-
dc.rightsThis article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.-
dc.subjectEarthquake survivors-
dc.subjectemotional flexibility-
dc.subjectpsychological well-being-
dc.subjectscale development-
dc.titleEmotional flexibility: development and application of a scale in adolescent earthquake survivors-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChow, AYM: chowamy@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChow, AYM=rp00623-
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/tra0000278-
dc.identifier.pmid28557483-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85021753676-
dc.identifier.hkuros302222-
dc.identifier.volume10-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage246-
dc.identifier.epage252-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000427747400015-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1942-969X-

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