Validation of the FEEL-KJ: An Instrument to Measure Emotion Regulation Strategies in Children and Adolescents

PloS One
Emiel CraccoCaroline Braet

Abstract

Although the field of emotion regulation in children and adolescents is growing, there is need for age-adjusted measures that assess a large variety of strategies. An interesting instrument in this respect is the FEEL-KJ because it measures 7 adaptive and 5 maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in response to three different emotions. However, the FEEL-KJ has not yet been validated extensively. Therefore, the current study aims to test the internal structure and validity of the FEEL-KJ in a large sample of Dutch-speaking Belgian children and adolescents (N = 1102, 8-18 years old). The investigation of the internal structure confirms earlier reports of a two-factor structure with Adaptive and Maladaptive Emotion Regulation as overarching categories. However, it also suggests that the two-factor model is more complex than what was previously assumed. The evaluation of the FEEL-KJ validity furthermore provides evidence for its construct and external validity. In sum, the current study confirms that the FEEL-KJ is a valuable and reliable measure of emotion regulation strategies in children and adolescents.

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Citations

Aug 19, 2016·Child Neuropsychology : a Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence·Laura WanteCaroline Braet
Aug 3, 2018·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Marie-Lotte Van BeverenCaroline Braet
Oct 16, 2016·Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie·Julia FernFranz Petermann
Apr 3, 2019·Brain Sciences·Katherine S YoungMichelle G Craske
Jan 11, 2019·Frontiers in Psychology·Taaike DebeufCaroline Braet
Feb 13, 2017·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Emiel CraccoCaroline Braet
Jan 10, 2021·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Lysanne W Te BrinkeWalter Matthys
Jan 23, 2021·Behavioral Sciences·Francesca FavieriMaria Casagrande

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