The Adaptation and Validation of the Emotion Matching Task for Preschool Children in Spain
Ikusi/ Ireki
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2012Egilea
Alonso Alberca, Natalia
Vergara Iraeta, Ana Isabel
Fernández Berrocal, Pablo
Johnson, Stacy
Izard, Carroll
International Journal of Behavioral Development 36(6) : 489-594 (2012)
Laburpena
The Emotion Matching Task (EMT; Izard, Haskins, Schultz, Trentacosta, & King, 2003) was developed to assess emotion knowledge in preschoolers and was demonstrated to show adequate convergent and predictive validity in an American sample (Morgan, Izard & King, 2010). In light of the need for valid measures for assessing emotion knowledge in Spanish-speaking children, we adapted the EMT for preschoolers in Spain and conducted a psychometric validation with 110 Spanish children, aged 3 to 6. The EMT Spanish version showed good internal consistency and demonstrated expected concurrent validity with externalizing problems and adaptive abilities. Therefore, the current study indicates that the adapted EMT is a valid tool to assess preschool children’s emotion knowledge in Spain.