European Journal of Psychological Assessment 
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Recent studies have shown that emotion dynamics such as inertia (i.e., autocorrelation) can change over time. Importantly, current methods can only detect either gradual or abrupt changes in inertia. This means that researchers have to choose a priori whether they expect the change in inertia to be gradual or abrupt. This will leave researchers in the dark regarding when and how the change in inertia occurred. Therefore in this article, we use a new model: the time-varying change point autoregressive (TVCP-AR) model. The TVCP-AR model can detect both gradual and abrupt changes in emotion dynamics. More specifically, we sho...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Inter-individual differences in multivariate time-series: Latent class vector-autoregressive modeling.
We present the exploratory method of latent class vector-autoregressive modeling (LCVAR), which extends the time-series models to include clustering of individuals with similar dynamic processes. LCVAR can identify individuals with similar emotion dynamics in intensive time-series, which may be of unequal length. The method performs excellently under a range of simulated conditions. The value of identifying clusters in time-series is illustrated using affect measures of 410 individuals, assessed at over 70 time points per individual. LCVAR discerned six clusters of distinct emotion dynamics with regard to diurnal patterns ...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Why and how to deal with diurnal cyclic patterns in ambulatory assessment of emotions: A practical guide and discussion.
This article therefore discusses why cyclic models may be considered for analyzing AA data on emotions, and describes how this approach can be applied to an empirical AA dataset. Results suggest that cyclic modeling may be a useful method for describing and accounting for (diurnal) cyclic patterns in AA data, but should be used with a number of considerations in mind. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment)
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotional intelligence relates to emotions, emotion dynamics, and emotion complexity: A meta-analysis and experience sampling study.
Emotional intelligence (EI) should relate to people’s emotional experiences. We meta-analytically summarize associations of felt affect with ability EI branches (perception, facilitation, understanding, and management) and total scores (k = 7–14; N = 1,584–2,813). We then use experience sampling (N = 122 undergraduates over 5 days, 24 beeps) to test whether EI predicts emotion dynamics and complexity. Meta-analyses show that EI correlates significantly with lower negative affect (NA; ρ = −.21) but not higher positive affect (PA; ρ = .05). PA (but not NA) shows a significantly stronger relationship with emotion ma...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotion regulation flexibility: Challenges and promise of using ecological momentary assessment.
Emotion regulation (ER) flexibility, defined as shifting regulatory efforts based on contextual demands, has been proposed as central to well-being. However, it remains an elusive construct to capture. In this article, we highlight the promise and challenges of using ambulatory assessment to examine ER flexibility. We consider difficulties in assessing relevant contextual features and ER dynamics using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). The solutions offered include drawing on existing taxonomies of situational characteristics and ER strategies, adopting methods that passively track contextual features and enhance reli...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The shape of emotion regulation: Trait emotion regulation as density distributions of states.
The Density Distribution approach to personality characterizes traits using both mean levels and within-person variability of behaviors. Recent theory highlights that emotion regulation (ER) is inherently variable, and this Density Distribution approach seems particularly suitable to understand both average tendencies and dynamics of ER as person-specific characteristics. However, there is not yet empirical evidence for this suggestion. To fill this gap, we investigated the reliability of density distribution information gathered from repeated assessments of state ER (within-person mean levels and standard deviations). Spe...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Regulating emotion systems in everyday life: Reliability and validity of the RESS-EMA scale.
Researchers are increasingly using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to investigate how people regulate their emotions from moment-to-moment in daily life. However, existing self-report measures of emotion regulation have been designed and validated to assess habitual/trait use of emotion regulation strategies and may therefore not be suited to assessing momentary emotion regulation. The present study aimed to develop a brief, yet reliable, EMA measure of emotion regulation in daily life by adapting the Regulation of Emotion Systems Survey (RESS; DeFrance & Hollenstein, 2017), a recently developed global self-report qu...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Introduction to the special issue: Capturing the dynamics of emotion and emotion regulation in daily life with ambulatory assessment.
This Special Issue aims to address measurement and modeling challenges that are particular to the study of emotional processes in everyday life. In what follows, the authors briefly outline some of the major challenges facing this field and outline how the eight contributions to this Special Issue help to address these challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment)
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Military Academic Motivation Scale (MAMS): A new scale to assess motivation among military cadets from a self-determination theory perspective.
The purpose of the present paper is to introduce the Military Academic Motivation Scale (MAMS), a short and reliable instrument for assessing the different types of motivation among military cadets. Three representative samples of military cadets completed the MAMS. In Study 1 (N = 452), the hypothesized five-factor structure of the MAMS was empirically tested and supported. In Study 2 (N = 1,372), the factorial invariance across both gender and cohorts of the MAMS was explored and confirmed. Study 3 (N = 520) provided evidence of the external validity of the five MAMS factors with respect to important organizational outco...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - June 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Individual vs. group administration of tablet-based working memory tasks—Does setting matter?
Working memory (WM) is a key determinant of academic success. Therefore, standardized assessment tools are needed. In the past, WM assessment has been time-consuming and costly, especially in children, as WM instruments could only be used in one-to-one settings. The development of automatized, self-reliant WM tasks such as the tablet-based application EI-MAG (Oesterlen, Gade, & Seitz-Stein, 2016) allows for a more economic assessment of WM in groups. However, so far, only few studies have empirically validated the comparability of WM scores obtained in individual and group setting. To close this gap, N = 89 children betwee...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - June 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The adaptability scale: Development, internal consistency, and initial validity evidence.
Although dynamics within and outside organizations emphasize the importance of employee adaptability, a validated scale that assesses employee adaptability as an individual difference construct is still lacking. Five studies were conducted to develop (Study 1, N = 235) and validate a 10-item scale for employee adaptability and investigate its factor structure and measurement invariance (Study 2, N = 331; Study 3, N = 375), convergent validity and discriminant validity (Study 4, N = 117), and concurrent validity, predictive validity, and measurement stability (Study 5, N = 263 T1, N = 113 T2). Overall, the findings revealed...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - June 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The German-language short form of the Big Five Inventory for Children and Adolescents—Other-rating version (BFI-K KJ-F).
The other-rating version of the Big Five Inventory for Children and Adolescents (BFI-K KJ-F) serves to record the five basic personality traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness to Experience via reference persons and it is an addition to the German-language self-assessment questionnaire for children and adolescents (BFI-K KJ; Kupper, Krampen, Rammstedt, & Rohrmann, 2019). To determine the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire comprising 26 items, personality assessments of 258 reference persons (predominantly parents) of 9–16-year-old children and adolescents (M = 11...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - June 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The effects of visual displays in attenuating discrepancies between self-reported and physiological indexes of stress.
This study examined whether the relationship between subjective and physiological outcomes of stress, and the responsivity to stressors, are affected by whether participants can see a visual display of their physiological output. Participants were randomly assigned to have a visible view of their physiological output readings, or to a condition in which physiological output readings were out of view. Participants individually completed a 30-min laboratory study including the modified Trier Social Stress Task. Both physiological markers of stress (heart rate and blood pressure) and subjective evaluations of stress (visual a...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - May 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Web-based versus paper-pencil assessment of behavioral problems using the Youth Self-Report.
This is the first study investigating the use of a web-based version of the Youth Self-Report (YSR) compared to paper-pencil (PP) assessment. Students aged 10–18 years were recruited from Austrian schools and either completed a PP (N = 841) or a web-based (N = 2,769) version. Psychometric properties and indicators of data quality were analyzed. Moreover, cost estimations for the web-based and PP assessments were given. Acceptable model fits (RMSEA (Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment)
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - May 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
From bi-dimensionality to uni-dimensionality in self-report questionnaires: Applying the random intercept factor analysis model to six psychological tests.
The common factor model—by far the most widely used model for factor analysis – assumes equal item intercepts across respondents. Due to idiosyncratic ways of understanding and answering items of a questionnaire, this assumption is often violated, leading to an underestimation of model fit. Maydeu-Olivares and Coffman (2006) suggested the introduction of a random intercept into the model to address this concern. The present study applies this method to six established instruments (measuring depression, procrastination, optimism, self-esteem, core self-evaluations, and self-regulation) with ambiguous factor structures, ...
Source: European Journal of Psychological Assessment - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
