Parenting provides many positive experiences for mothers and fathers but also presents them with many challenges, such as regulating their emotions during interactions with their children. While emotion regulation (ER) has emerged as an important predictor of parenting behavior and a transdiagnostic target of parenting interventions, measures specifically targeting ER in the parenting context are lacking. This study describes the development and evaluation of the Regulating Emotions in Parenting Scale (REPS). Study 1 used an exploratory factor analysis and supported a 3-factor (Adaptive Strategies, Suppression, and Rumination) structure of the REPS in a sample of 331 parents (73% women) recruited from Amazon MTurk (parent Mage = 36.02, SDage = 9.27). This factor structure was confirmed in Study 2 using confirmatory factor analysis in an independent sample of 662 parents (61% women; parent Mage = 36.81, SDage = 14.18). Tests of measurement invariance and differential item functioning provided evidence of invariance of the REPS by gender. Correlations between REPS factors and related measures of parenting, psychopathology, and general ER were in the expected direction; correlations between the REPS and parenting and psychopathology were significantly higher in magnitude than correlations between general measures of ER and parenting and psychopathology. The REPS also explained more of the variance in parenting measures than general measures of ER. These findings indicated that the REPS may provide greater specificity than general measures of ER. Future studies should replicate these findings in other populations and establish invariance by race and ethnicity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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父母教规（REPS）中调节性情绪的验证：因素结构和测量不变性。

为人父母的育儿为父亲和母亲提供了许多积极的经历，但也给他们带来了许多挑战，例如在与孩子互动时调节他们的情绪。虽然情绪调节已成为育儿行为的重要预测指标和育儿干预的转诊目标，但仍缺乏针对育儿背景的针对性的措施。这项研究描述了父母教规中调节情绪的发展和评估。研究1使用探索性因素分析并支持了从亚马逊MTurk招募的331名父母（73％的女性）样本中REPS的三因素（适应策略，抑制和反刍）结构（父母法师= 36.02，SDage = 9.27） ）。在研究2中，使用确认性因子分析在662名父母（61％的女性；父母法师= 36.81，SDage = 14.18）的独立样本中确认了这种因子结构。测量不变性和差异项功能的测试提供了REPS按性别不变的证据。REPS因素与育儿，心理病理学和一般ER的相关测量之间的相关性处于预期的方向；REPS与育儿和心理病理学之间的相关性在数量级上比ER与育儿和心理病理学的一般测量之间的相关性高得多。REPS还解释了育儿措施的差异而不是ER的一般措施。这些发现表明，REPS可能比ER的一般指标提供更高的特异性。未来的研究应在其他人群中复制这些发现，并确定种族和种族的不变性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。