Cross-cultural validation of a French version of the Emotional Processing Scale (EPS-25)

Abstract

Validation française de l'Echelle des Processus Emotionnels (EPS-25) Résumé Objectif: l'Echelle des Processus Emotionnels (Emotional Processing Scale-EPS) est un autoquestionnaire de 25 items utilisé pour évaluer les styles de traitement émotionnels et leurs dysfonctionnements. Notre objectif était de traduire et de valider cette échelle en français auprès d'une population tout venant et clinique. Méthode: après une traduction et une rétrotraduction, l'étude de validation a été menée auprès de 1176 adultes (215 adultes de la population générale, 251 étudiants et 686 personnes présentant des troubles somatiques (VIH, Sclérose en Plaques, douleurs chroniques, leucémie) et 24 personnes bipolaires hospitalisées pour dépression. Résultats: la fiabilité interne de l'échelle totale est bonne, avec un alpha de Cronbach de .91. La structure en cinq facteurs est très proche de celle de l'échelle anglaise. Conclusion: La version française de l'EPS possède une bonne validité. Les corrélations avec d'autres outils proches sur le plan conceptuel (e.g. TAS-20, CERQ, STAXI) sont conformes aux attendus. Les scores à l'EPS permettent de distinguer les populations tout-venant et clinique.

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“…Regarding emotional processing (see Table 2), the EPS-25 total score indicated dysfunctional processing (M = 3.65, SD = 1.88) compared to the general population (M = 2.51, SD = 1.04), with the mean of the clinical sample nearing two standard deviations below the mean of healthy controls. All subscale scores were significantly different from those obtained by healthy controls (Gay et al, 2019) . The average scores obtained on the unprocessed emotions dimension were particularly high, indicating intrusive and persistent emotional experiences, which may be an indicator of a traumatic experience.…”

“…In the original English version of the EPS developed in the United Kingdom, these five factors explained 59.4% of the total variance, and overall internal reliability was high (α = 0.92), ranging from 0.70 to 0.80 for the five factors. A French version has been developed (Gay et al, 2019).…”

“…Studies of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), another inflammatory autoimmune disease, have shown that emotional processing in people with MS is more dysfunctional compared to healthy controls (Gay et al, 2019). They show how anxiety may affect depression directly, through unregulated emotions, and indirectly, by generating negative emotions (Gay et al, 2010(Gay et al, , 2017.…”

Emotional Processing and Its Association to Somatic Symptom Change in Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Somatic Symptom Disorder: A Preliminary Mediation Investigation

“…The Emotional Processing Scale (EPS-25) Baker et al (2010) and Gay et al (2019) measures five facets of emotional processing (Impoverished Emotional Experience, Signs of Unprocessed Emotion, Avoidance, Suppression, and Unregulated Emotion). Items are rated from 0 (completely disagree) to 9 (completely agree) and averaged for each subscale.…”

“…Despite EAET's effectiveness, little is known about the mechanisms by which EAET achieve its effects. In theory, emotional processing is a key mechanism (Lumley and Schubiner, 2019), as deficits in emotional processing have been identified in patients with chronic pain and IBS (Baker et al, 2010;Esteves et al, 2013;Phillips et al, 2013;Gay et al, 2019), and problems in emotional processing have been found to mediate the association between childhood adversity and the development of psychiatric (Chung and Chen, 2017) and somatic symptoms (Mozhgan et al, 2020). Facets of emotional processing, such as emotional differentiation, naming, experiencing, tolerating, and expression, are believed to be a core mechanism in psychodynamic treatments of certain conditions (Messer, 2013;Høglend and Hagtvet, 2019).…”