The dimensional structure of the emotional self‐efficacy scale (ESES)

Pool, Lorraine Dacre; Qualter, Pamela

doi:10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00039.x

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“…It shows that correlations between subscales were above .65 and correlations between subscales and the total Youth-ESES score were above .82. This is higher than was found for the adult ESES (Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012a). Further, Cronbach's alpha for these four subscales for this sample of youth were good, ranging from .69 (perceiving emotions through facial expressions and body language) to .88 (using and managing own emotions).…”

Section: Confirming the Factor Structure Of The Youth-esesmentioning

confidence: 51%

“…Research also supports the idea that self-efficacy in relation to emotional information is distinct from actual skill, with evidence that ESE and ability EI are distinct constructs (Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012a;Kirk et al, 2008;Nightingale et al, 2013).…”

Section: Why Is Ese Important?mentioning

confidence: 60%

“…This distinction is further supported by the overlap between ability EI and general cognitive ability (e.g. Joseph & Newman, 2010;Mayer, Roberts, & Barsade, 2008;) and between EMOTIONAL SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR YOUTH 7 ESE and personality (Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012a) …”

Section: How Is Ese Distinct From Ei Abilities?mentioning

confidence: 85%

“…to .78) compared to adult data (.52 to .61;Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012a). This suggests that there is a strong general factor underlying young adolescents' ESES scores, and future studies might test a second-order factor model as an alternative structure for the Youth-ESES.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Based on this reasoning, Kirk et al (2008) developed and validated the Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES), which is based on the four-branch model of ability EI and contains questions that pertain to self-efficacy in relation to the ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions. Previous studies with adults have shown the measure has good psychometric properties (Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012a;Kirk et al, 2008), but there is a question about factor structure. Kirk et al (2008) suggested that the measure tapped one overall factor, but Dacre Pool and Qualter (2012a) found four moderately inter-correlated (.52 to .61) factors: a) using and managing one's own emotions; b) identifying and understanding one's own emotions; c) dealing with emotions in others; and d) perceiving emotion EMOTIONAL SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR YOUTH 9 through facial expressions and body language.…”

Section: A Comprehensive Measure Of Ese For Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emotional self-efficacy (ESE) is an important aspect of emotional functioning, with current measures for children and adolescents focused on the measurement of self-beliefs in relation to the management of emotions. In the present study, we report the psychometric properties of the first adaptation of the Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale for youth (Youth-ESES) that measures additional aspects of ESE, such as perceiving and understanding emotions and helping others modulate their emotions. Participants were 192 young adolescents aged 11 to 13 years from a U.K. state school. They completed the Youth-ESES and measures of ability emotional intelligence (EI) and cognitive ability. Results support the same four-factor structure that has been previously documented using the adult version of the ESES, with the four subscales being largely independent from cognitive ability and only moderately related to ability EI. However, the four subscales were less differentiated in the present study compared with adult data previously published, suggesting that there is a strong general factor underlying young adolescents' ESE scores. Overall, the results suggest that the adapted Youth-ESES can be reliably used with youth, and that confidence in how a young person feels about his or her emotional functioning remains distinct from emotional skill.

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Section: Confirming the Factor Structure Of The Youth-esesmentioning

confidence: 51%

Section: Why Is Ese Important?mentioning

confidence: 60%