Validation of the FEEL-KJ: An Instrument to Measure Emotion Regulation Strategies in Children and Adolescents

Although the field of emotion regulation in children and adolescents is growing, there is need for age-adjusted measures that assess a large variety of strategies. An interesting instrument in this respect is the FEEL-KJ because it measures 7 adaptive and 5 maladaptive emotion regulation strategies...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0137080-e0137080
Main Authors: Cracco, Emiel, Van Durme, Kim, Braet, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescents
Analysis
Anger
Anxiety
Behavior
Care and treatment
Child
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Coping
Development and progression
Eating disorders
Emotions
Female
Humans
Male
Netherlands
Patient outcomes
Problem solving
Psychological aspects
Psychopathology
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Self image
Social psychology
Teenagers
Youth
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Summary:Although the field of emotion regulation in children and adolescents is growing, there is need for age-adjusted measures that assess a large variety of strategies. An interesting instrument in this respect is the FEEL-KJ because it measures 7 adaptive and 5 maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in response to three different emotions. However, the FEEL-KJ has not yet been validated extensively. Therefore, the current study aims to test the internal structure and validity of the FEEL-KJ in a large sample of Dutch-speaking Belgian children and adolescents (N = 1102, 8-18 years old). The investigation of the internal structure confirms earlier reports of a two-factor structure with Adaptive and Maladaptive Emotion Regulation as overarching categories. However, it also suggests that the two-factor model is more complex than what was previously assumed. The evaluation of the FEEL-KJ validity furthermore provides evidence for its construct and external validity. In sum, the current study confirms that the FEEL-KJ is a valuable and reliable measure of emotion regulation strategies in children and adolescents.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0137080