Validation of the Romanian version of the regulating emotions in parenting scale: psychometric properties and measurement invariance across mothers and fathers and across parents' psychological distress levels

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SSM. Mental health Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100514

Costina-Ruxandra Poetar , Ionuț Stelian Florean

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Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties, factorial structure, and measurement invariance of the Romanian version of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting (REPS) scale. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Romaniawith parents (N = 1566, M_age = 40.84 years, SD = 6.42) of children and adolescents aged 8–17 years old. Psychometric properties were tested via Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Multigroup CFA, Pearson's correlation, and Cronbach's alpha. The three-factor solution of REPS was confirmed (RMSEA = .077, CFI = .99, TLI = .99). Measurement invariance was supported for parents' psychological distress levels (difference between configural and scalar models: RMSEA = .007, ΔCFI = −.001, ΔTLI = .003), and across parents' sex (difference between configural and scalar models: ΔRMSEA = .011, ΔCFI < −.001, ΔTLI = −.003). Thus, the comparison of the latent means of REPS across parents' distress levels and sex was supported. The scale provided good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha was .78 or higher) and concurrent validity with measures of parenting practices (e.g., the correlation between adaptive strategies and positive parenting practices was r = .37) and parents' psychological distress (e.g., the correlation between adaptive strategies and psychological distress was r = −.33). The results are consistent with previous literature, and their implications are discussed.

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罗马尼亚版育儿调节情绪量表的验证：父母和父母心理困扰水平的心理测量特性和测量不变性

本研究旨在探讨罗马尼亚版养育子女情绪调节量表（REPS）的心理测量特征、析因结构和测量不变性。这是一项在罗马尼亚进行的横断面研究，研究对象为8-17岁儿童和青少年的父母（N = 1566，年龄= 40.84,SD = 6.42）。通过验证性因子分析（CFA）、多组CFA、Pearson相关和Cronbach’s alpha测试心理测量特性。确定REPS的三因素解（RMSEA = 0.077, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99）。父母心理困扰水平的测量不变量被支持(配置模型和标量模型的差异：RMSEA = .007， ΔCFI =−。001， ΔTLI = .003)，以及跨越父母性别(配置模型和标量模型之间的差异：ΔRMSEA = .011， ΔCFI <−。001， Δtli =−.003)。因此，REPS的潜在手段在父母的痛苦水平和性别之间的比较是支持的。量表具有良好的内部一致性（Cronbach’s Alpha为）。78或更高)，并且与父母教养方式（例如，适应策略与积极教养方式之间的相关性为r = 0.37）和父母心理困扰（例如，适应策略与心理困扰之间的相关性为r = - 0.33）的测量同时有效。结果与以往文献一致，并讨论了其意义。

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