Anger Expression: Evaluating The Construct Validity Of Several Emotion Regulation Measures

摘要: ANGER EXPRESSION: EVALUATING THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF SEVERAL EMOTION REGULATION MEASURES by MATTHEW J. JASINSKI December 2013 Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Lumley Major: Psychology (Clinical) Degree: Master of Arts Researchers have used the Anger Expression Inventory (AEI), Ambivalence Emotional Questionnaire (AEQ), and Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 (TAS) self-report measures to draw conclusions about relationships between emotion regulation many other variables, but there is an insufficient amount validation evidence these measures. After first filling out measures, 75 participants with chronic low back pain completed a videotaped anger induction paradigm, in order provoke naturalistic experience anger. Participants were next given opportunity express their experimenter, either guided or unguided condition. We then coded videos rate anxiety expressed both verbally non-verbally. Correlations among predictor variables behavioral showed that Anger-Out TAS positively correlated anger, Anger-In AEQ independent The findings support validity Anger- Out, suggest measure slightly different constructs than theorized, calls into question AEQ.