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The development and validation of an emotional vulnerability scale for university students

This study developed an emotional vulnerability scale and examined its reliability and validity with a sample of university students. In health psychology, a measurement of emotional pain (“hurt feelings”) can contribute to the prevention and improvement of physical and mental health problems in dai...

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Autores principales: Yamaguchi, Shinji, Kawata, Yujiro, Murofushi, Yuka, Ota, Tsuneyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9521647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186345
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.941250
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author Yamaguchi, Shinji
Kawata, Yujiro
Murofushi, Yuka
Ota, Tsuneyoshi
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description This study developed an emotional vulnerability scale and examined its reliability and validity with a sample of university students. In health psychology, a measurement of emotional pain (“hurt feelings”) can contribute to the prevention and improvement of physical and mental health problems in daily life. We collected data from 361 Japanese university students (186 men and 175 women; mean age = 19.6 ± 0.98 years). From preliminary interviews with 20 participants, 42 semantic units were extracted. For scale development, a questionnaire survey was conducted using the 42 extracted categories, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Four factors (16 items) emerged, which were both reliable and valid: (1) “vulnerability toward criticism or denial,” (2) “vulnerability toward worsening relationships,” (3) “vulnerability toward interpersonal discord,” and (4) “vulnerability toward procrastination and emotional avoidance.” This scale can be useful to understand vulnerability in everyday situations and grasp the vulnerable conditions experienced by individuals. This can help prevent stress responses (such as depression and sadness) and mental health problems, which are valuable contributions to health psychology.
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spelling pubmed-95216472022-09-30 The development and validation of an emotional vulnerability scale for university students Yamaguchi, Shinji Kawata, Yujiro Murofushi, Yuka Ota, Tsuneyoshi Front Psychol Psychology This study developed an emotional vulnerability scale and examined its reliability and validity with a sample of university students. In health psychology, a measurement of emotional pain (“hurt feelings”) can contribute to the prevention and improvement of physical and mental health problems in daily life. We collected data from 361 Japanese university students (186 men and 175 women; mean age = 19.6 ± 0.98 years). From preliminary interviews with 20 participants, 42 semantic units were extracted. For scale development, a questionnaire survey was conducted using the 42 extracted categories, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Four factors (16 items) emerged, which were both reliable and valid: (1) “vulnerability toward criticism or denial,” (2) “vulnerability toward worsening relationships,” (3) “vulnerability toward interpersonal discord,” and (4) “vulnerability toward procrastination and emotional avoidance.” This scale can be useful to understand vulnerability in everyday situations and grasp the vulnerable conditions experienced by individuals. This can help prevent stress responses (such as depression and sadness) and mental health problems, which are valuable contributions to health psychology. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9521647/ /pubmed/36186345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.941250 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yamaguchi, Kawata, Murofushi and Ota. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9521647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186345
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.941250
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