Assessing Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy in Three Countries

Autor/inn/en	Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Giunta, Laura Di; Eisenberg, Nancy; Gerbino, Maria; Pastorelli, Concetta; Tramontano, Carlo
Titel	Assessing Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy in Three Countries
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 20 (2008) 3, S.227-237 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/1040-3590.20.3.227
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Prosocial Behavior; Aggression; Self Efficacy; Test Validity; Factor Structure; Young Adults; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Depression (Psychology); Test Construction; Affective Behavior; Negative Attitudes; Gender Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Differences; Self Control; Shyness; Personality Traits; Bolivia; Italy; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Testvalidität; Faktorenstruktur; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Messdaten; Ausland; Testaufbau; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Negative Fixierung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kultureller Unterschied; Selbstbeherrschung; Schüchternheit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Bolivien; Italien; USA
Abstract	The Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy (RESE) scale was developed to assess perceived self-efficacy in managing negative (NEG) and in expressing positive (POS) affect (G. V. Caprara & M. Gerbino, 2001). In this study of young adults, the factorial structure of the RESE scale was found to be similar in Italy, the United States, and Bolivia: In addition to a factor for POS, NEG was represented by a second-order factor of 2 different negative affects: despondency-distress (DES) and anger-irritation (ANG). Overall, there was partial invariance at both metric and scalar levels across gender and countries. Discriminant and convergent validity of the RESE scale was further examined in the Italian sample. Stronger patterns of association of POS with prosocial behavior, of ANG with low aggressive behavior problems and irritability, and of DES with low anxiety/depressive problems and shyness and high self-esteem were found. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure, and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10