Assessing Anger Expression: Construct Validity of Three Emotion Expression-Related Measures

Anger Expression: Evaluating The Construct Validity Of Several Emotion Regulation Measures

ANGER EXPRESSION: EVALUATING THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF SEVERALEMOTION REGULATION MEASURESby MATTHEW J. JASINSKIDecember 2013Advisor: Dr. Mark A. LumleyMajor: Psychology (Clinical)Degree: Master of ArtsResearchers have used the Anger Expression Inventory (AEI), Ambivalence ofEmotional Expression Questionnaire (AEQ), and Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 (TAS)se...

[Anger expression on the road: validity and reliability of the driving anger expression inventory].

PURPOSE The purpose of the current study was to check the validity and reliability of DAX (The Driving Anger Expression Inventory) in a Turkish population. METHOD The study included 220 randomly chosen drivers between the ages of 20 and 65 years from Ankara, Istanbul, and Samsun. The assessment instruments were DAX, The Driving Anger Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory, and the anger symptoms dime...

Brief physical activity-related psychosocial measures: reliability and construct validity.

BACKGROUND Psychosocial factors have been related to physical activity (PA) and are used to evaluate mediation in PA interventions. METHODS Brief theory-based psychosocial scales were compiled from existing measures and evaluated. Study 1 assessed factor structure and construct validity with self-reported PA and accelerometry in overweight/obese men (N = 441) and women (N = 401). Study 2 asse...

Assessing the Construct Validity of Aberrant Salience

We sought to validate the psychometric properties of a recently developed paradigm that aims to measure salience attribution processes proposed to contribute to positive psychotic symptoms, the Salience Attribution Test (SAT). The "aberrant salience" measure from the SAT showed good face validity in previous results, with elevated scores both in high-schizotypy individuals, and in patients with...

Emotion Social Status and Anger Expression: The Cultural Moderation Hypothesis