Strategies for the Control of Unwanted Thoughts in Adolescents: The Adolescent Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ-A)

Autor:	Sara E. Whiting, Brittany M. Rudy, Anna C. May, Thompson E. Davis
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Psychometrics Punishment (psychology) media_common.quotation_subject education Control (management) Thought suppression Confirmatory factor analysis Developmental psychology Clinical Psychology Distraction Worry Psychology Reliability (statistics) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 36:276-287
ISSN:	1573-3505 0882-2689
DOI:	10.1007/s10862-013-9369-y
Popis:	A paucity of research on thought suppression exists among adolescents. The present study describes the preliminary psychometrics of the Adolescent Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ-A) and its relationships with internalizing symptomatology in adolescents. Adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age completed the TCQ-A and other self-report instruments. Principal components analysis yielded five-factors theoretically derived from an adult measure: distraction, social, re-appraisal, worry, and punishment control strategies. The five-factor structure was well fitted to the data in a confirmatory factor analysis. Adequate evidence of reliability was obtained; however, internal consistency of the punishment factor was not adequate in the sample. The TCQ-A evidenced convergent and divergent validity with internalizing and externalizing symptomatology respectively. Future research applications of the TCQ-A, suggestions for further analyses, and refinement of the instrument are also discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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