Can We Apply an Emotional Competence Measure to an Eastern Population? Psychometric Properties of the Profile of Emotional Competence in a Japanese Population
Can We Apply an Emotional Competence Measure to an Eastern Population? Psychometric Properties of the Profile of Emotional Competence in a Japanese Population
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10.1177/1073191115571124
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发表时间：
2016-02
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3.8
通讯作者：
Y. Nozaki;M. Koyasu
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作者：
Y. Nozaki;M. Koyasu
研究人员一再辩称，确定情绪能力测量的心理测量学特性在东部人群中是否适用是很重要的，因为与情绪能力相关的能力可能存在文化差异。然而，很少有研究考察东方文化中情绪能力测量的潜在差异。为了填补这一空白，我们调查了情绪能力概况在日本人群中的适用性。结果表明，我们的日本和比利时原始数据集的测量和结构不变性。正如在比利时样本中发现的那样，这一测量在日本样本中显示出足够的收敛和标准效度。此外，与比利时人相比，日本人在这一指标上的得分更能预测主观健康和幸福感。这一测量也显示出递增的效度。研究结果表明，情绪能力量表适用于东方社会的日本人。
Researchers have repeatedly argued that it is important to determine whether the psychometric properties of an emotional competence measure hold in Eastern populations because there may be cultural variability in abilities linked with emotional competence. However, few studies have examined potential differences in an emotional competence measure in Eastern cultures. To fill this gap, we investigated the applicability of the Profile of Emotional Competence to a Japanese population. Results demonstrated measurement and structural invariance across our Japanese and the original Belgian data sets. As was found in the Belgian sample, this measure showed adequate convergent and criterion validity in the Japanese sample. Furthermore, the scores on this measure were stronger predictors of subjective health and happiness in the Japanese than Belgian population. This measure also showed incremental validity. Our results suggest that the Profile of Emotional Competence is applicable to the Japanese population, an Eastern society.