An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the affective control scale in an undergraduate sample

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-513

  Melka, Stephen E ^a   Lancaster, Steven L ^a   Bryant, Andrew R ^a   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^a   Weston, Rebecca ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Emotion regulation; Factor analysis; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE CONTROL SCALE; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; TRAIT META MOOD STATE SCALE;

EID: 82955249072     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-011-9236-7     Document Type: Article

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