Anne-Solène Maria1, Léna Bourdier2, Jeanne Duclos3, Damien Ringuenet4, Sylvie Berthoz5. 1. Unité de traitement des Troubles des Conduites Alimentaires, Département de Psychiatrie et d'Addictologie, Hôpital Universitaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Villejuif, France Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Département de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent et du Jeune Adulte, Paris, France annesolenemaria@gmail.com. 2. Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre, France. 3. Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Villejuif, France Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Département de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent et du Jeune Adulte, Paris, France Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation, Reims, France. 4. Unité de traitement des Troubles des Conduites Alimentaires, Département de Psychiatrie et d'Addictologie, Hôpital Universitaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Villejuif, France. 5. Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Villejuif, France Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Département de Psychiatrie de l'Adolescent et du Jeune Adulte, Paris, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), a 30-item self-assessment questionnaire, has been developed to measure perceived emotional intelligence (EI) level in 3 dimensions: Attention, Clarity and Repair. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the French version of this instrument. METHOD: The instrument factor structure, normality, internal consistency, stability and concurrent validity were assessed in a sample of 824 young adults (456 female). Besides TMMS, participants completed self-assessment questionnaires for affectivity (Shortened Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Positive and Negative emotion scale), alexithymia (Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire-B) and interpersonal functioning (Empathy Quotient). Discriminant validity was tested in 64 female patients with anorexia nervosa, identified in literature as having difficulties with introspection, expression and emotional regulation. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis results replicate the 3-factor structure. Internal consistency and reliability indices are adequate. Direction and degree of correlation coefficients between TMMS dimensions and other questionnaires support the instrument concurrent validity. TMMS allows to highlight differences in perceived EI levels between men and women (Attention: p < 0.001 ; Clarity: p < 0.05) as well as between patients with anorexia nervosa and control subjects (p < 0.001 for all 3 dimensions). CONCLUSION: This first validation study shows satisfying psychometric properties for TMMS French version.
OBJECTIVE: The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), a 30-item self-assessment questionnaire, has been developed to measure perceived emotional intelligence (EI) level in 3 dimensions: Attention, Clarity and Repair. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the French version of this instrument. METHOD: The instrument factor structure, normality, internal consistency, stability and concurrent validity were assessed in a sample of 824 young adults (456 female). Besides TMMS, participants completed self-assessment questionnaires for affectivity (Shortened Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Positive and Negative emotion scale), alexithymia (Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire-B) and interpersonal functioning (Empathy Quotient). Discriminant validity was tested in 64 female patients with anorexia nervosa, identified in literature as having difficulties with introspection, expression and emotional regulation. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis results replicate the 3-factor structure. Internal consistency and reliability indices are adequate. Direction and degree of correlation coefficients between TMMS dimensions and other questionnaires support the instrument concurrent validity. TMMS allows to highlight differences in perceived EI levels between men and women (Attention: p < 0.001 ; Clarity: p < 0.05) as well as between patients with anorexia nervosa and control subjects (p < 0.001 for all 3 dimensions). CONCLUSION: This first validation study shows satisfying psychometric properties for TMMS French version.
Authors: Marjo J S Zonnevylle-Bender; Stephanie H M van Goozen; Peggy T Cohen-Kettenis; T Annemarie van Elburg; Herman van Engeland Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2004-02 Impact factor: 4.785