Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study in Turkey

IF 0.5 4区医学 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

Annales medico-psychologiques Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.amp.2024.12.004

Amine Nur Arıkan , Müdriye Yıldız-Bıçakçı

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Abstract

Emotion regulation refers to the ability to control and direct one's emotions in the face of events, as demanded by specific settings and conditions. Since one's social and emotional difficulties are encapsulated in almost all contemporary diagnostic criteria, acquiring desirable emotion regulation skills is key to leading a healthy and happy life. Parents may need to be aware of their own emotion-regulation skills to lead their children to acquire positive emotion regulation skills. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the “Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale” (REPS) on Turkish parents. The REPS consists of 18 items within three components: adaptive strategies, suppression, and rumination. For validity concerns, we first pooled the items relying on the relevant theoretical frameworks. Next, we resorted to expert opinions and employed the Lawshe technique to explore the content validity of the scale. Then, we performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to investigate the construct validity of the scale. Finally, we calculated Cronbach's alpha coefficients to reveal the internal consistency of the five-factor model. We only recruited those having only a child aged 0–18 years, living with their child for at least one year, and without a child with special needs. We collected the data from a total of 718 Turkish parents (81.2% mothers, 18.8% fathers) online. The results revealed both Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients to be 0.85 for the adaptive strategies subscale. Respectively, they were 0.78–0.79 for the suppression subscale and 0.69–0.70 for the rumination subscale. Besides, the three-factor model showed an acceptable to moderate fit to the data. In addition, upper-lower group comparisons yielded significant differences between all the items (P < 0.05). Regarding criterion validity, we found significant correlations between the REPS subscales on the Parent-Child Communication Scale (PCCS) (P < 0.05). Overall, we concluded that the REPS is a valid and reliable measurement tool for emotion regulation among parents in the Turkish context. Parental behaviors and emotion regulation patterns may affect children who deem their parents as primary complements of their immediate environment. Therefore, the REPS may lead to future studies in assessing parents’ emotion regulation skills.

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调节父母情绪量表：土耳其的效度与信度研究

情绪调节是指根据特定的环境和条件的要求，在面对事件时控制和指导自己情绪的能力。由于一个人的社交和情感困难几乎包含在所有当代诊断标准中，因此获得理想的情绪调节技能是过上健康快乐生活的关键。父母可能需要意识到自己的情绪调节技能，引导孩子获得积极的情绪调节技能。本研究旨在检验土耳其父母“育儿情绪调节量表”（REPS）的心理测量特性。REPS由适应性策略、抑制和反刍三个部分组成，共18个项目。出于效度考虑，我们首先根据相关的理论框架对项目进行汇总。其次，我们采用专家意见和Lawshe技术来探讨量表的内容效度。然后，我们进行验证性因子分析（CFA）来调查量表的结构效度。最后，我们计算了Cronbach’s alpha系数，以揭示五因素模型的内部一致性。我们只招募那些只有一个0-18岁的孩子，和孩子一起生活至少一年，没有特殊需要的孩子的人。我们在网上收集了718名土耳其父母（81.2%为母亲，18.8%为父亲）的数据。结果显示，自适应策略子量表的Cronbach’s alpha系数和McDonald’s omega系数均为0.85。抑制子量表得分为0.78 ~ 0.79，反刍子量表得分为0.69 ~ 0.70。此外，三因素模型对数据具有可接受到中等程度的拟合。上下组比较各项目间差异有统计学意义（P < 0.05）。在效度方面，我们发现亲子沟通量表（PCCS）的REPS子量表之间存在显著的相关性（P < 0.05）。总的来说，我们得出结论，REPS是一个有效和可靠的测量工具，在土耳其的背景下，父母的情绪调节。父母的行为和情绪调节模式可能会影响那些认为父母是他们直接环境的主要补充的孩子。因此，REPS可能会导致未来的研究评估父母的情绪调节技能。

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Annales medico-psychologiques 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

33.30%

发文量

196

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Annales Médico-Psychologiques is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of psychiatry. Articles are published in French or in English. The journal was established in 1843 and is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Société Médico-Psychologique. The journal publishes 10 times a year original articles covering biological, genetic, psychological, forensic and cultural issues relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, as well as peer reviewed articles that have been presented and discussed during meetings of the Société Médico-Psychologique.To report on the major currents of thought of contemporary psychiatry, and to publish clinical and biological research of international standard, these are the aims of the Annales Médico-Psychologiques.