Level of Expressed Emotion Scale: Spanish validation for the general adolescent population and development of a short version

Expressed emotion is a construct that has so far been studied in a clinical population, although this work proposes its study in adolescent population without psychopathology. It has three aims: 1) To analyse the psychometric characteristics of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale in the relationshi...

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Autores: Aguado, Verónica, Sorrel Luján, Miguel Ángel, Corral, Susana, Martínez Pampliega, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/720191
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/720191
https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.583411
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Expressed emotion
Adolescence
Instrument validation
Family assessment
Psicología
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Sumario:Expressed emotion is a construct that has so far been studied in a clinical population, although this work proposes its study in adolescent population without psychopathology. It has three aims: 1) To analyse the psychometric characteristics of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale in the relationship of the Spanish adolescents with their father and their mother, considering different response format (dichotomic and polytom-ic); (2) To develop a short version of the scale; (3) To study the validity of the instrument as a measure of emotional climate of normative families. Participants were 827 adolescents from 12 to 17 years old. Data analysis included exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equa-tion modelling. Results suggested a 4-factor structure in the short version composed by 16 items, with adequate psychometric properties. This is pre-sented as an innovative and appropriate tool for the assessment of the emotional family climate, both for researchers and clinicians