Kisley Michael A, Beblo Thomas, Lac Andrew
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Bielefeld.
J Pers Assess. 2025 Jan 14:1-14. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2444448.
Emotion acceptance is defined as the willingness to experience pleasant and unpleasant emotions. Extant research suggests that emotion acceptance-and its converse, emotion nonacceptance or rejection-importantly contributes to experiences of negative affect, symptoms of psychopathology, and physiological markers of emotional responding. However, no validated measurement scale is available in English for assessing emotion acceptance. The current research involved factor analysis and validation of the Emotion Acceptance Questionnaire (EAQ), drawing from items translated from a German scale (). In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis ( = 346) revealed four correlated factors: Reject Unpleasant Emotion, Reject Pleasant Emotion, Accept Unpleasant Emotion, and Accept Pleasant Emotion. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis on another sample ( = 413) corroborated the four-factor measurement structure. Internal reliability coefficients of the subscales were satisfactory or higher. Preliminary convergent and discriminant validities were established by examining the extent the four EAQ subscales correlated with previously validated measures of emotion regulation, mindfulness skills, life satisfaction, and positive and negative affect. This psychometric investigation offers a novel multidimensional instrument to help conceptualize, understand, and facilitate the assessment of emotional acceptance in future research.
情绪接纳被定义为愿意体验愉快和不愉快的情绪。现有研究表明，情绪接纳及其相反面，即情绪不接纳或排斥，对消极情绪体验、精神病理学症状以及情绪反应的生理指标有重要影响。然而，目前尚无经过验证的英文量表可用于评估情绪接纳。当前的研究涉及对情绪接纳问卷（EAQ）进行因素分析和验证，该问卷的条目源自一个德语量表的翻译版本。在研究1中，探索性因素分析（n = 346）揭示了四个相关因素：拒绝不愉快情绪、拒绝愉快情绪、接纳不愉快情绪和接纳愉快情绪。在研究2中，对另一个样本（ n = 413）进行的验证性因素分析证实了四因素测量结构。各分量表的内部信度系数令人满意或更高。通过考察EAQ的四个分量表与先前验证的情绪调节、正念技能、生活满意度以及积极和消极情绪测量指标的相关程度，初步建立了聚合效度和区分效度。这项心理测量学研究提供了一种新颖多维度工具，以帮助在未来研究中概念化、理解并促进对情绪接纳的评估。
