TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring clarity of and attention to emotions
AU - Palmieri, Patrick A.
AU - Boden, M. Tyler
AU - Berenbaum, Howard
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Previous research has found that understanding one's emotions and attending to them are 2 dimensions of emotional awareness. In this research, we examined whether improved subscales for measuring clarity of and attention to emotions could be developed by selecting the best items from 2 frequently used measures of emotional awareness. Using multidimensional scaling and confirmatory factor analysis, we analyzed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (Bagby, Parker, Taylor, 1994) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, Palfai, 1995) data from 867 college students. Results supported distinct clarity and attention constructs. New subscales were internally consistent and fared as well as or better than previous versions in terms of internal consistency and convergent validity.
AB - Previous research has found that understanding one's emotions and attending to them are 2 dimensions of emotional awareness. In this research, we examined whether improved subscales for measuring clarity of and attention to emotions could be developed by selecting the best items from 2 frequently used measures of emotional awareness. Using multidimensional scaling and confirmatory factor analysis, we analyzed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (Bagby, Parker, Taylor, 1994) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, Palfai, 1995) data from 867 college students. Results supported distinct clarity and attention constructs. New subscales were internally consistent and fared as well as or better than previous versions in terms of internal consistency and convergent validity.
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U2 - 10.1080/00223890903228539
DO - 10.1080/00223890903228539
M3 - Article
C2 - 19838906
AN - SCOPUS:70449103457
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 91
SP - 560
EP - 567
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 6
ER -