Measuring clarity of and attention to emotions
Abstract
Previous research has found that understanding one's emotions and attending to them are 2 dimensions of emotional awareness. In this research, we examined whether improved subscales for measuring clarity of and attention to emotions could be developed by selecting the best items from 2 frequently used measures of emotional awareness. Using multidimensional scaling and confirmatory factor analysis, we analyzed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995) data from 867 college students. Results supported distinct clarity and attention constructs. New subscales were internally consistent and fared as well as or better than previous versions in terms of internal consistency and convergent validity.
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“Posing questions at a single time point about typical behavior does not give us strong purchase on the operation of dynamic concepts in varied contexts (e.g., Gratz & Roemer, 2004; Palmieri, Boden, & Berenbaum, 2009; Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, & Palfai, 1995).”
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- Authors
- Palmieri, P. A., Boden, M. T., & Berenbaum, H.
- Affiliations
- Summa Health System (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality Assessment
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-10-21
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 560-567
- ISSN
- 0022-3891 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7752
- OpenAlex
- W2052788602
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 53
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- FWCI
- 2.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- emotional awareness, attention to emotion, Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20, Trait Meta-Mood Scale, emotional intelligence, convergent validity, internal consistency, university students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Awareness, Emotions, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Assessment, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
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