Developing an inventory to measure anger in mexican children
Based on the state-trait model of anger (Spielberger, 1988, 1999), the aim was to develop a reliable and valid inventory to measure anger in Mexican children. Exploratory factor analy- ses on responses from 592 children (302 boys, 290 girls) (M=10.35 years old, SD=1.14) revealed four factors suggest...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Puebla |
| Repository: | Repositorio Institucional de la IBERO Puebla |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.iberopuebla.mx:20.500.11777/978 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11777/978 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Anger Children Emotional regulation Inventory Assessment |
| Summary: | Based on the state-trait model of anger (Spielberger, 1988, 1999), the aim was to develop a reliable and valid inventory to measure anger in Mexican children. Exploratory factor analy- ses on responses from 592 children (302 boys, 290 girls) (M=10.35 years old, SD=1.14) revealed four factors suggesting construct validity: 6-item state anger (e.g., “I am upset”), 5-item trait-tem- perament (e.g., “I get mad easily”), 7-item anger- out (e.g., “I fight with whoever made me mad”), and 12-item anger control (e.g., “I try to relax”). Alpha reliabilities were .76, .76, .73, and .88, res- pectively. Anger control correlated negatively with other factors, whereas other factors corre- lated positively with each other. The inventory also had concurrent validity with an instrument that measured physical aggression. |
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