PMID- 21516584
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110815
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1532-7752 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3891 (Linking)
VI  - 93
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 May
TI  - Assessment of affect integration: validation of the affect consciousness 
      construct.
PG  - 257-65
LID - 10.1080/00223891.2011.558874 [doi]
AB  - Affect integration, or the capacity to utilize the motivational and signal 
      properties of affect for personal adjustment, is assumed to be an important 
      aspect of psychological health and functioning. Affect integration has been 
      operationalized through the affect consciousness (AC) construct as degrees of 
      awareness, tolerance, nonverbal expression, and conceptual expression of nine 
      discrete affects. A semistructured Affect Consciousness Interview (ACI) and 
      separate Affect Consciousness Scales (ACSs) have been developed to specifically 
      assess these aspects of affect integration. This study explored the construct 
      validity of AC in a Norwegian clinical sample including estimates of reliability 
      and assessment of structure by factor analyses. External validity issues were 
      addressed by examining the relationships between scores on the ACSs and 
      self-rated symptom- and interpersonal problem measures as well as independent, 
      observer-based ratings of personality disorder criteria and the Global Assessment 
      of Functioning (GAF) scale from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental 
      Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV]; American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
FAU - Solbakken, Ole Andre
AU  - Solbakken OA
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway. 
      o.a.solbakken@psykologi.uio.no
FAU - Hansen, Roger Sandvik
AU  - Hansen RS
FAU - Havik, Odd E
AU  - Havik OE
FAU - Monsen, Jon T
AU  - Monsen JT
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - England
TA  - J Pers Assess
JT  - Journal of personality assessment
JID - 1260201
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Affect
MH  - Aged
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mood Disorders/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Norway
MH  - Personality Assessment/*standards
MH  - Personality Inventory/*standards
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Self Report
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/04/26 06:00
MHDA- 2011/08/16 06:00
CRDT- 2011/04/26 06:00
PHST- 2011/04/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/08/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - 936747404 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/00223891.2011.558874 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pers Assess. 2011 May;93(3):257-65. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2011.558874.