Name: Kenn Carlo Delao  

          Course & Yr.:

BS Psychology III
Subject: Field Methods in Psychology                          Date: April 19,
2022

Research Topic: “The measurement of emotion regulation: A

confirmatory analysis”

Researcher/Proponent: 2009, Deborah Jean Ettel

Source(s): academia.edu

REACTION PAPER

Methodology Used:

This study made use of an extant data set generated from the
Infant Development Study (IDS), which began in 1996 and evaluated
offspring of previously depressed youth. In the IDS study, multiple
sources of information were used, including mothers, fathers, trained
observer/raters, and clinical psychologists or their highly-trained
assistants. About one third of the pro bands were diagnosed at some
point with depression, another third were diagnosed with other mental
disorders, and another third had no mental disorders. The extant
longitudinal data on the pro bands was used along with the newer data
collected for the offspring. In addition, multiple methods of data
collection were used which included: detailed mailer questionnaires,
behavior rating scales, developmental scales administered by trained
raters, and structured parent interviews from clinical psychologists.
 The development of emotion regulation is one of the potential
paths for the transmission of family depression. That is, since
depressive disorders are characterized by poor emotion regulation, it is
possible that this inadequate regulation is passed along from parent to
child via a process that may be manipulated. The offspring of depressed
parents provide a unique opportunity for early intervention and
prevention for a known at-risk group. Early intervention is particularly
important because of the progressive nature of depression.

The goal of this study was to develop and validate a measurement

model of emotion regulation in infants/toddlers using extant data, and,
subsequent to achieving adequate model fit, attempting to further
validate the best-fitting measurement model through other construct
validation methods (concurrent and predictive validity). This study
involved comparative model fit testing of a one-factor, two-factor, and
three-factor model of emotion regulation for use with toddlers.