The Initial Development of the Self-Efficacy in Emotion Regulation Scale (SEERS)
Open Access
- Author:
- Brandenburg, Joseph
- Graduate Program:
- School Psychology
- Degree:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Document Type:
- Dissertation
- Date of Defense:
- May 03, 2024
- Committee Members:
- James Diperna, Program Head/Chair
James Diperna, Major Field Member
Rayne Sperling, Outside Field Member
Reg Adams, Outside Unit Member
Cristin Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Soto, Outside Field Member - Keywords:
- Self Efficacy in Emotion Regulation Scale
Emotion Regulation
Self-Efficacy
Scale Development
Emotion
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Review of Emotion Regulation and Self-Efficacy Instruments - Abstract:
- Emotion regulation and self-efficacy are fields of study that have yielded much attention over the past twenty years (Gross, 2015; Sheeran et al., 2016); however, there has been a dearth of work attempting to measure an individual’s emotion regulation self-efficacy. The work that exists on this topic is limited in its scope of measurement. This is due in part to the foundational theories that guided their creation. Prior measures have also been limited to overly specific situations (e.g., keep from getting dejected when you are lonely?) In the present research, I introduce The Self-Efficacy in Emotion Regulation Scale (SEERS) which draws from basic emotion and emotion regulation theories and is one of the first attempts to quantify the construct of self-efficacy in emotion regulation in young adults (18-25). Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) results provide evidence for an emotion specific self-efficacy scale that can be linked to distinct intervention efforts to regulate different emotions (e.g., anger, fear, sadness, happiness). Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity was also found with other similar instruments. This scale promises to be an effective measurement tool in the study of self-efficacy in emotion regulation in both normative and potentially clinical samples.