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Emotional Arousal and Regulation: Further Evidence of the Validity of the 'How I Feel' Questionnaire for Use With School-Age Children.
- Source :
- Journal of School Health; Mar2016, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p195-203, 9p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The ability to understand and manage emotional experience is critical to children's health. This study confirmed the validity of the How I Feel ( HIF) Questionnaire, a measure of children's emotional arousal and regulation, exploring its associations with measures of emotional and social functioning. METHODS The sample was comprised of 1379 Italian students (aged 8 to 12 years) who attended schools interested in the study aims. Participants completed the 30-item HIF scale, and measures of emotional self-efficacy and social desirability (SD). Factor structures were assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Invariance by age and gender, internal consistency, temporal stability, and concurrent validity were also tested. RESULTS A 3-factor model was identified: frequency and intensity of (1) positive emotion - PE (8 items, α = .82), (2) negative emotion - NE (12 items, α = .86), and (3) positive and negative emotion control - EC (10 items, α = .77). This factor structure was invariant across age and gender groups. The HIF displayed moderate longitudinal stability over a 15-month period and a low social desirability effect. Positive emotion was positively associated with social acceptance and visibility, and negatively with social withdrawal. CONCLUSIONS The HIF is a reliable and valid measure for research and school intervention promoting students' emotional and mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
ELEMENTARY schools
EMOTIONS in children
GOODNESS-of-fit tests
MEDICAL cooperation
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-evaluation
SELF-management (Psychology)
SOCIAL skills
STATISTICS
PILOT projects
DATA analysis
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224391
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112685426
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12370