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The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (EROS) in a clinical sample: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across sex
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The Emotion Regulation of Others and Self Scale (EROS) is commonly used to measure individual differences in the use
of strategies to regulate one’s own and other people’s emotions. This study aimed to examine its psychometric properties
and measurement invariance across sex in a Portuguese clinical sample. For this purpose, we tested the factorial structure of the EROS in a sample of 390 adults (259 women; Mage=34.33; SD=9.99) undergoing active psychotherapy in
a private clinic. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the four-factor solution proposed by the original authors
(intrinsic affect-improving, intrinsic affect-worsening, extrinsic affect-improving and extrinsic affect-worsening) fitted
well to our data. Invariance across sex was determined by using multi-group analyses. Additionally, reliability analysis
indicated good coefficients for all the dimensions. The pattern of associations of the EROS subscales with dispositional
mindfulness, ruminative thinking, psychological inflexibility, emotional intelligence, and psychopathological symptoms
were examined. As expected, small to moderate correlations were found evidencing the convergent construct validity of
the EROS. Findings suggest that the EROS is a psychometrically sound approach for assessing individual differences in
emotion regulation in clinical samples.
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Emotion regulation Affect regulation EROS Psychometric properties Scale validation Clinical sample
Citation
Brandão, T., Pereira, A., & Teixeira, R. J. (2023). The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (EROS) in a clinical sample: psychometric properties and measurement invariance across sex. Current Psychology, 42(34), 30020–30028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04021-x
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Springer New York