Study of the psychometric properties of the French version of the Caregiving System Scale

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.erap.2024.101049

Valérie Simard , Marina Moënner , Andrea Rajotte , Claude-Marie Nolet , Camille Gilbert-Geoffrion , Camille Savoie , Claud Bisaillon

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Abstract

Introduction

While attachment theory has driven decades of empirical research, few studies have focused on the reciprocal behavioral, caregiving, system, defined as the innate motivational system that guides adult responses to people in distress or in need of help. The Caregiving System Scale (CSS) is one of the few tools for measuring sub-optimal caregiving strategies, i.e. hyperactivation and deactivation.

Objective

The aim of this study was to study the psychometric properties of the French version of the CSS and confirm its factor structure. Method: Adult women (N = 201) completed the French version of the CSS online, along with questionnaires to test convergent validity (attachment, empathy, emotion regulation).

Results

Confirmatory factor analyses replicated Colledani et al.'s (2021) three-factor solution: deactivation, anxious hyperactivation, intrusive hyperactivation. Deactivation correlated with avoidant attachment and lower self-reported empathy, while hyperactivation correlated with abandonment anxiety (attachment), regulation difficulties and empathic concern and distress, suggesting good convergent validity. Anxious, but not intrusive, hyperactivation was associated with being a mother and having a helping profession.

Conclusion

This study proposes a 17-item French version of the CSS, organized into three factors that appear to have good fidelity and validity. It also contributes to the conceptualization of the caregiving system by supporting a recent model distinguishing two dimensions of hyperactivation.

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护理系统量表法文版的心理测量特性研究

引言虽然依恋理论已经推动了数十年的实证研究，但很少有研究关注互惠行为、照护系统，照护系统被定义为指导成人对处于困境或需要帮助的人做出反应的内在动力系统。护理系统量表（CSS）是测量次优护理策略（即过度激活和去激活）的少数工具之一。本研究旨在研究法文版 CSS 的心理测量特性，并确认其因子结构。研究方法成年女性（N = 201）在线完成了法文版的 CSS，同时还完成了测试趋同效度（依恋、移情、情绪调节）的问卷。结果确认性因子分析重复了 Colledani 等人（2021 年）的三因子解决方案：去激活、焦虑性超激活、侵入性超激活。失活与回避型依恋和自我报告的移情能力较低相关，而过度激活与被遗弃焦虑（依恋）、调节困难以及移情关注和痛苦相关，表明具有良好的趋同有效性。本研究提出了一个包含 17 个项目的法文版 CSS，分为三个因子，看来具有良好的忠实性和有效性。该研究还通过支持最近提出的区分过度活跃两个维度的模型，为护理系统的概念化做出了贡献。

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European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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期刊介绍： The aim of the Revue européenne de Psychologie appliquée / European Review of Applied Psychology is to promote high-quality applications of psychology to all areas of specialization, and to foster exchange among researchers and professionals. Its policy is to attract a wide range of contributions, including empirical research, overviews of target issues, case studies, descriptions of instruments for research and diagnosis, and theoretical work related to applied psychology. In all cases, authors will refer to published and verificable facts, whether established in the study being reported or in earlier publications.