Table 1.
Item analysis: Mean (M), standard deviation (SD), item-total correlation (rjx), and Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted (α.-x) in samples.
| Items | Whole Sample (n = 1048) | Spain (n = 463) | Argentina (n = 220) | Ecuador (n = 363) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | rjx | α.-x | M | SD | rjx | α.-x | M | SD | rjx | α.-x | M | SD | rjx | α.-x | |
| Attention | α = 0.88; CRC = 0.89; AVE = 0.56 | α = 0.90; CRC = 0.90; AVE = 0.60 | α = 0.83; CRC = 0.85; AVE = 0.49 | α = 0.86; CRC = 0.86; AVE = 0.51 | ||||||||||||
| 1. I pay much attention to my feelings | 4.11 | 0.98 | 0.66 | 0.87 | 3.93 | 0.95 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 4.45 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 4.15 | 1.04 | 0.60 | 0.85 |
| 2. Usually I care much about what I’m feeling | 3.96 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 3.75 | 1.02 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 4.32 | 0.89 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 4.01 | 1.04 | 0.73 | 0.82 |
| 3. It is usually a waste of time to think about your emotions | 3.62 | 1.11 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 3.41 | 1.13 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 3.94 | 1.07 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 3.71 | 1.04 | 0.69 | 0.83 |
| 4. I think it’s worth paying attention to your emotions or mood | 3.93 | 1.00 | 0.65 | 0.87 | 3.80 | 0.96 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 4.19 | 1.02 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 3.95 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 0.84 |
| 7. I often think about my feelings | 3.40 | 1.11 | 0.65 | 0.87 | 3.12 | 1.11 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 3.73 | 1.05 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 3.58 | 1.05 | 0.62 | 0.84 |
| 8. I pay a lot of attention to how I feel | 3.53 | 1.12 | 0.70 | 0.86 | 3.25 | 1.14 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 3.80 | 1.10 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 3.72 | 1.02 | 0.62 | 0.84 |
| Clarity | α = 0.87; CRC = 0.86; AVE = 0.52 | α = 0.87; CRC = 0.87; AVE = 0.53 | α = 0.86; CRC = 0.85; AVE = 0.49 | α = 0.86; CRC = 0.85; AVE = 0.50 | ||||||||||||
| 9. I am usually very clear about my feelings | 3.49 | 1.17 | 0.67 | 0.84 | 3.29 | 1.11 | 0.66 | 0.85 | 3.47 | 1.25 | 0.70 | 0.82 | 3.77 | 1.13 | 0.64 | 0.83 |
| 10. I am rarely confused about how I feel | 3.41 | 1.10 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 3.16 | 1.04 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 3.55 | 1.19 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 3.67 | 1.06 | 0.74 | 00.81 |
| 11. I usually know my feelings about a matter | 3.45 | 1.06 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 3.26 | 1.03 | 00.73 | 0.83 | 3.48 | 1.11 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 3.67 | 1.03 | 0.69 | 0.82 |
| 12. I can make sense out of my feelings | 3.64 | 1.01 | 0.57 | 0.86 | 3.48 | 0.96 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 3.95 | 0.98 | 0.58 | 0.84 | 3.68 | 1.04 | 0.55 | 0.85 |
| 14. Always I can tell how I feel | 3.21 | 1.09 | 0.64 | 0.85 | 2.96 | 1.04 | 0.64 | 0.85 | 3.19 | 1.13 | 0.59 | 0.84 | 3.54 | 1.05 | 0.65 | 0.83 |
| 16. I almost always know exactly how I am feeling | 3.52 | 1.02 | 0.59 | 0.85 | 3.38 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 3.68 | 1.00 | 0.51 | 0.85 | 3.62 | 1.03 | 0.59 | 0.84 |
| Repair | α = 0.87; CRC = 0.87; AVE = 0.54 | α = 0.87; CRC = 0.88; AVE = 0.53 | α = 0.85; CRC = 0.84; AVE = 0.49 | α = 0.83; CRC = 0.84; AVE = 0.48 | ||||||||||||
| 18. No matter how badly I feel, I try to think about pleasant things | 3.53 | 1.26 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 3.12 | 1.22 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 3.51 | 1.29 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 4.06 | 1.08 | 0.65 | 0.808 |
| 19. When I am upset, I think of all the pleasure of life | 3.00 | 1.33 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 2.58 | 1.28 | 0.73 | 0.84 | 2.94 | 1.27 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 3.57 | 1.22 | 0.60 | 0.81 |
| 20. I try to think good thoughts no matter how badly I feel | 3.46 | 1.27 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 3.08 | 1.24 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 3.49 | 1.30 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 3.94 | 1.13 | 0.76 | 0.77 |
| 21. If I find myself getting mad, I try to calm myself down | 3.44 | 1.16 | 0.61 | 0.86 | 3.18 | 1.16 | 0.63 | 0.86 | 3.63 | 1.18 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 3.65 | 1.07 | 0.60 | 0.81 |
| 22. I worry about being in a too good mood | 3.76 | 1.07 | 0.56 | 0.86 | 3.54 | 1.02 | 0.57 | 0.87 | 3.95 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.85 | 3.93 | 1.11 | 0.54 | 0.82 |
| 24. When I am angry I don’t usually let myself feel that way | 3.43 | 1.14 | 0.56 | 0.87 | 3.14 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.87 | 3.55 | 1.15 | 0.55 | 0.84 | 3.73 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 0.83 |