La Escala de Control Intencional para adultos: propiedades psicométricas de la versión catalana y sus relaciones con la regulación emocional cognitiva.

Abstract

Título: La Escala de Control Intencional para adultos: propiedades psicométricas de la versión catalana y sus relaciones con la regulación emocional cognitiva. Resumen: Los objetivos del estudio fueron (a) examinar las propiedades psicométricas de la versión catalana de la Escala de Control Intencional del Cuestionario de Temperamento en Adultos (forma breve) y (b) analizar las relaciones entre control intencional (CI), afectividad negativa (AN) y el uso de estrategias de regulación emocional (RE) cognitiva negativa. En una muestra de 353 estudiantes universitarios, el instrumento muestra unos niveles aceptables de consistencia interna, estabilidad temporal y validez convergente; sin embargo, sus propiedades psicométricas son menos satisfactorias que las que presentan otras versiones de este instrumento. Los índices de ajuste del análisis factorial confirmatorio revelan poca adecuación al modelo teórico de tres factores. Por otro lado, los resultados indican que la tendencia a implicarse en estrategias de RE cognitiva negativas está relacionada, principalmente, con la presencia de niveles elevados de AN. Además, aunque tales tendencias también están influenciadas por la capacidad de CI, los datos muestran que el CI no modera la relación entre AN, ansiedad y el uso de estrategias de RE cognitiva negativas. Palabras clave: Control intencional; regulación emocional; temperamento; afectividad negativa; ansiedad; depresión; evaluación psicológica. Abstract:The goals of this study were (a) to examine the psychometric properties of a Catalan version of the Effortful control scale of the Adult Temperament Questionnaire short-form and (b) to analyze the relationships among effortful control (EC), negative affectivity (NA), and the use of negative cognitive emotion regulation (ER) strategies. In a sample of 353 college students, the instrument presents acceptable internal consistency, temporal stability and convergent validity; however, in general, psychometric properties are poorer than those reported for other versions. Confirmatory factor analysis fit indices revealed an overall poor fit for the three-factor theoretical model. Additionally, it has been found that the proneness to engage in negative cognitive ER strategies was mainly related with exhibiting high NA. Further, although such tendencies were also influenced by EC capabilities, data did not show EC moderating the relationships among NA, anxiety, and the use of negative cognitive ER strategies.

Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Self-Regulation Capacity Are Associated With the Unpredictability of Maternal Sensory Signals in Caregiving Behavior

“…Maternal self-regulation was evaluated only at one time point when the child was 1 year of age, after the outcome variable. However, self-regulation capacity has shown to be stable across adulthood, providing a strong rationale to use it even if assessed after the parenting outcome (Laverdière et al, 2010;Putnam, 2011;Tortella-Feliu et al, 2013). Beyond effortful control, similar consistency is observed in the closely related self-regulation concepts, such as conscientiousness and executive functioning (Eisenberg et al, 2012;Friedman et al, 2016;Kim and Kochanska, 2020).…”

“…Maternal self-regulation capacity, i.e., effortful control was assessed using the Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ; Evans and Rothbart, 2007) when the child was 12 months old, per previous studies showing adequate to good re-test reliability of ATQ (Laverdière et al, 2010;Tortella-Feliu et al, 2013). The ATQ includes 77 questions forming four factors: effortful control, negative affect, extraversion and orienting sensitivity.…”

“…Recently, maternal self-regulatory capacity has gained interest as a relevant characteristic of caregiving behavior (Crandall et al, 2015;Bridgett et al, 2017). Individual self-regulation capacity has a biological basis and refers to the top-down regulation of emotion, cognition and behavior relatively stable from the middle childhood onward (Rothbart and Bates, 2006;Laverdière et al, 2010;Putnam, 2011;Tortella-Feliu et al, 2013). One aspect of "top-down" self-regulation is effortful control that includes the ability to voluntarily inhibit, activate or change attention and behavior according to situational needs (Rothbart and Bates, 2006;Eisenberg et al, 2011).…”

Multicomponent cognitive-behavioral therapy for intermittent explosive disorder by videoconferencing: a case study

“…Impulsive Behavior Scale; Whiteside, & Lynam, 2001) or cognitive control (i. e. Intentional Control Scale, Tortella-Feliu, et al, 2013) should have been included. It should be borne in mind that the patient is a high sociocultural level businessman accustomed to using technology tools like the comput-anales de psicología, 2016, vol.…”

Emotion Regulation Style and Daily Rumination: Potential Mediators between Affect and Both Depression and Anxiety during Adolescence

“…The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; [ 33 ]) in its Catalan version [ 66 ] was used. This questionnaire consists of 36 self-report items assessing cognitive ER strategies that the individual generally sets up when confronted with a negative or unpleasant event.…”