TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric properties and utility of the Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire (RPA) in a sample of people with bipolar disorder
AU - Kraiss, Jannis T.
AU - ten Klooster, Peter M.
AU - Chrispijn, Melissa
AU - Stevens, Anja W. M. M.
AU - Kupka, Ralph W.
AU - Bohlmeijer, Ernst T.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Responses to Positive Affect (RPA) questionnaire in a sample of persons with bipolar disorder (BD). Method: Cross-sectional survey study with 107 persons with BD. The original 3-factor model of the RPA was compared with a 2-factor model. Construct validity was determined with measures of well-being, personal recovery, social role participation, and psychopathology and incremental validity was evaluated. Results: The fit of the 3-factor model was acceptable for most fit indices. Subscores of the RPA revealed a significant relationship with aspects of well-being, personal recovery, and psychopathology. Dampening and self-focused positive rumination explained additional variance in personal recovery above and beyond well-being. Conclusions: The RPA is an internally consistent and valid tool to assess positive emotion regulation processes in persons with BD. Specifically, the processes of dampening and emotion-focused positive rumination seem to play an important role in BD.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Responses to Positive Affect (RPA) questionnaire in a sample of persons with bipolar disorder (BD). Method: Cross-sectional survey study with 107 persons with BD. The original 3-factor model of the RPA was compared with a 2-factor model. Construct validity was determined with measures of well-being, personal recovery, social role participation, and psychopathology and incremental validity was evaluated. Results: The fit of the 3-factor model was acceptable for most fit indices. Subscores of the RPA revealed a significant relationship with aspects of well-being, personal recovery, and psychopathology. Dampening and self-focused positive rumination explained additional variance in personal recovery above and beyond well-being. Conclusions: The RPA is an internally consistent and valid tool to assess positive emotion regulation processes in persons with BD. Specifically, the processes of dampening and emotion-focused positive rumination seem to play an important role in BD.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31240732
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22819
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22819
M3 - Article
C2 - 31240732
SN - 0021-9762
VL - 75
SP - 1850
EP - 1865
JO - Journal of clinical psychology
JF - Journal of clinical psychology
IS - 10
ER -