Self-Reported Emotion Reactivity Among Early-Adolescent Girls: Evidence for Convergent and Discriminant Validity in an Urban Community Sample

Evans, Spencer C.; Blossom, Jennifer B.; Canter, Kimberly S.; Cordts, Katrina M. Poppert; Kanine, Rebecca M.; García, Andrea; Roberts, Michael C.

doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.01.003

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“…As part of the validation of the instrument, we investigated the construct validity (comprising convergent and discriminant validity) of the TEC-M, which reflects the degree to which an instrument measures what it purports to measure (17). Convergent validity deals with the association between the test under investigation and a theoretically related variable (18), whereas discriminant validity is supported by the finding of smaller or non-existing associations with scores from instruments that are not directly theoretically related (18), thus supporting the uniqueness of a new measure (19). Several studies have suggested a link between executive functions and ER.…”

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The Puzzle of Emotion Regulation: Development and Evaluation of the Tangram Emotion Coding Manual for Children

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The ability to regulate one’s emotions is crucial to engaging successfully in social contexts. Difficulties in emotion regulation are seen in multiple psychiatric disorders, prompting an increased interest in the concept. Suitable methods for assessing emotion regulation, however, are lacking. In this study, we investigated the interrater and intrarater reliability, construct validity, and content validity of a new observational method for evaluating children’s emotion regulation abilities (a complex puzzle task) in a sample of 62 children without psychiatric disorders and 23 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) aged 7–12, using intra-class correlation coefficients for the reliability analyses and Spearman’s rank-order correlations for analyses of convergent and discriminant validity. A panel of experts examined the content validity of the test, and Mann–Whitney U-tests were used to investigate the ability of the test to differentiate the non-clinical group from the ADHD group. Results showed a high level of interrater and intrarater reliability of the test. There was mixed evidence for convergent and discriminant validity as expected due to the novelty and experimental nature of the test, making it difficult to compare with questionnaire-based measures. Content validity analysis was satisfactory, and the group comparison showed that the test differentiated the groups on the primary outcome measure. Overall, the measure demonstrated high feasibility and satisfactory psychometric properties. The generic nature of the test makes it suitable for use across psychiatric disorders and age groups with potential relevance in both research and clinical settings

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“…The ERS (Nock et al, 2008) is a 21‐item questionnaire that assesses emotion reactivity and has demonstrated strong internal consistency and convergent and discriminant validity in participants as young as 11 years (Evans et al, 2016; Nock et al, 2008). At intake, participants reported on how they regularly experience emotions (e.g., “ I experience emotions very strongly ”), with items rated on a 5‐point scale from 0 (not at all like me) to 4 (completely like me).…”

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Associations between emotion reactivity and eating disorder symptoms in a transdiagnostic treatment‐seeking sample

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Egbert

Anaya

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Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) demonstrate difficulties with emotion regulation, and these difficulties have been associated with severity and maintenance of ED symptoms. Although emotion reactivity (i.e., the strength and duration of emotional experiences) is distinct from emotion regulation, few studies have examined emotion reactivity in the context of EDs. The purpose of the current study was to examine longitudinal associations between emotion reactivity and ED symptoms and impairment in individuals with EDs.Method: Individuals seeking outpatient ED treatment (N = 265) completed questionnaires assessing ED symptoms and severity, emotion reactivity, and emotion regulation difficulties at treatment intake and bi-monthly during treatment.Results: Individuals with anorexia nervosa or binge eating or purging presentations had higher emotion reactivity scores than a non-ED comparison group. Controlling for age, diagnosis, and emotion regulation difficulties, emotion reactivity was positively associated with ED severity, ED-related impairment, and loss of control eating severity. Moreover, emotion reactivity, but not emotion regulation difficulties, was associated with change in ED symptoms during treatment.Discussion: Findings support that emotion reactivity may differ based on ED presentations and may be an important correlate of ED symptom severity.Public Significance: Emotion reactivity refers to the strength and duration of an emotional experience. This study found that higher emotion reactivity was related to greater eating disorder symptom severity and eating disorder-related impairment. It may be beneficial to consider the role of emotion reactivity in conceptualizations of eating disorders, particularly those characterized by binge eating or purging.

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“…To make a stronger case for our behavioral probe of emotional reactivity, Experiment 3 assessed individual differences using the Emotional Reactivity Scale (ERS: Nock, Wedig, Holmberg, & Hooley, 2008). The ERS has been linked to a broad array of psychopathological symptoms and to suicidal thoughts (Evans et al, 2016), but in the context of a relatively pure focus on tendencies toward emotional reactivity (Nock et al, 2008). If the EVMT effect captures processes related to emotional reactivity, then its size may be amplified at higher levels of the ERS continuum.…”

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Emotion-related variations in motor tremor: Magnitude, time course, and links to emotional temperament.

Klein¹,

Towers²,

Robinson³

2020

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Following biological and comparative perspectives, it was posited that acute stressors would activate more primitive modes of action control favoring gross motor actions (e.g., fight or flight) over behavioral precision. Influences of this type should result in more rapid changes in movement velocity subsequent to emotionally upsetting stimulation. In investigating processes of this type, participants in three experiments (total N = 457) were asked to track a moving visual target as smoothly as possible. The introduction of brief, aversive noise blasts was found to destabilize such efforts. In particular, time-locked analyses revealed the presence of an emotion-related increase in tremor that began quickly and persisted for nearly 2 s. In addition, the persistence component was elevated in the context of higher levels of neuroticism (Experiment 2) and emotional reactivity (Experiment 3). The results speak to questions about the emotion-action interface using a method suited to affective chronometry.

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Self-Reported Emotion Reactivity Among Early-Adolescent Girls: Evidence for Convergent and Discriminant Validity in an Urban Community Sample

Cited by 25 publications

References 61 publications

The Puzzle of Emotion Regulation: Development and Evaluation of the Tangram Emotion Coding Manual for Children

The Puzzle of Emotion Regulation: Development and Evaluation of the Tangram Emotion Coding Manual for Children

Associations between emotion reactivity and eating disorder symptoms in a transdiagnostic treatment‐seeking sample

Emotion-related variations in motor tremor: Magnitude, time course, and links to emotional temperament.

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