Objective measurement of Spanish emotion vocabulary

[EN]Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion vocabulary is one of the indicators of emotion knowledge that can be objectivelymeasured; however, the metric properties of the scores obtained in tests and tasks to measure it have seldom been adequate...

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Autores: Delgado González, Ana Rosa, Prieto Adánez, Gerardo Alfonso, Pérez Sánchez, Jennifer, Calero, Alejandra D., Burin, Débora I.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/153560
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/153560
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Emotion labels
Emotion vocabulary
Measurement
Rasch model
Emotions
Language Development Disorders
61 Psicología
6105.09 Validez de Tests
6102.05 Patología del Lenguaje
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Sumario:[EN]Current research on emotion knowledge and competence emphasises the role of language. Emotion vocabulary is one of the indicators of emotion knowledge that can be objectivelymeasured; however, the metric properties of the scores obtained in tests and tasks to measure it have seldom been adequate. In this study we designed and validated a Spanish emotion vocabulary test (MOVE) employing a corpus approach to construct cloze multiple-choice items, administered the test to a Spanish-speaking sample from two countries, Spain and Argentina, and analysed structural validity of the test items with the Rasch model measurement approach. Eighty-eight items showed adequate fit. Overall, a substantial percentage of variance was explained by a latent variable. Reliability indexes at the test, item, and person level were also adequate. As a vocabulary test, the MOVE can be used in psychological and neurological investigation, as well as in language learning research.