French Validation of the Overexcitability Questionnaire 2: Psychometric Properties and Factorial Structure

Abstract

Overexcitability corresponds to an overall response to stimulations in 5 domains: psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational, and emotional. The aim of this study was to develop a French version of the Overexcitability Questionnaire 2 (OEQ2) and to expand its psychometric properties. Two studies were conducted: one with a sample of 474 adolescents and another with a sample of 436 adults. Internal consistency, factorial structure, and validity (correlations with intelligence, personality, and alexithymia) were examined. The French OEQ2 showed satisfactory psychometric properties, thus advocating for its use in further research on overexcitability and in clinical practice.

W Poszukiwaniu Korelatów Wzmożonej Pobudliwości Psychicznej

“…The same correlates were found in the study by Botella et al (2015). The study also showed a number of other weaker relationships: positive relationships between sensual, imaginational and intellectual OE with neuroticism, a negative relationship between sensual OE and extraversion, a positive relationship between emotional OE and openness, positive relationships between psychomotor, sensual and intellectual OE and conscientiousness, a negative relationship between imaginational OE and conscientiousness, positive relationships between sensual and emotional OE and agreeableness, as well as a negative relationship between intellectual OE and agreeableness.…”

“…Finally, our results comply with the outcomes of previous studies which show that the correlates of psychomotor OE differ from other types. For example, in a study by Botella et al (2015), psychomotor OE proved to be the only type of overexcitability to be positively correlated with extraversion (see also Limont, Dreszer & Bedyńska, 2010) and not correlated with openness to experience or alexithymia. Data concerning the positive relationship between this type of OE and self-concept (Gross et al, 2007;Rinn et al, 2010) also agrees with our results.…”

“…Many studies have also focused on differences between the sexes. Most show that women achieve higher scores than men in emotional and sensual OE, and lower in psychomotor and intellectual OE (Botella et al, 2015;Bouchet, Falk, 2001;Van den Broeck et al, 2013;Limont et al, 2014;Moon, Montgomery, 2005). It is worth adding that Miller, Falk and Huang (2009) found that OE was more closely connected with gender than with sex; the results of their research showed that emotional and sensual OE were higher, while intellectual and psychomotor OE were lower, in feminine or androgynous individuals compared to masculine or neutral ones.…”

“…In a study by Botella et al (2015) the researchers looked for correlations between OE and alexithymia, and found that they are different in adolescents and adults. In adolescents, there are positive correlations with sensual OE (r = .33), intellectual OE (r = .29), imaginational OE (r = .37) and emotional OE (r = .30), while in adults there are negative correlations with sensual OE (r = −.33), intellectual OE (r = −.30), imaginational OE (r = −.28) and emotional OE (r = −.41).…”

Invariância Fatorial e Normatização das Escalas de Sobre-Excitabilidade

“…A construção e a utilização de instrumentos de SE têm sido alvo de investigações em diferentes países (Al-Onizat, 2013;Almutairi, 2010;Botellaab, Fürstac, Myszkowskiad, Stormead, Costa, & Luminetb, 2015;Rost, Wirthwein, & RSteinmayr, 2014;Siu, 2010;Van den Broeck, Hofmans, Cooremans, & Staels, 2014), sendo que as pesquisas sobre D&T (Chang & Kuo, 2009;Piirto & Fraas, 2012;Tieso, 2007a;) e a associação entre os cinco padrões e o sexo dos respondentes se destacam. No último caso, tem sido observado que pessoas do sexo feminino tendem a exibir médias significativamente mais altas nos padrões Emocional e Sensorial (Al-Onizat, 2013;De Bondt & Petegem, 2015;He & Wong, 2014;Miller, Falk, & Huang, 2009;Siu, 2010;Thomson & Jaque, 2016;Tieso, 2007aTieso, , 2007bTreat, 2006;Van den Broeck et al, 2014;, enquanto o sexo masculino tende a apresentar escores médios mais altos nos padrões Psicomotor e Intelectual (De Bondt & Petegem, 2015;Rinn, Mendaglio, Rudasill, & McQueen, 2010;Tieso, 2007b;Van den Broeck et al, 2014).…”