Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Background: While the Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI) for autistic people has been validated in many Western countries, its psychometric properties have remained unclear in East Asia. Methods: We translated the EDI into traditional Chinese and evaluated its psychometric properties among autist...

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Main Authors: Chen-Yu Kuo, Chun-Hao Liu, Yu-Chen Huang, Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang, Hsiang-Yuan Lin, Hsing-Chang Ni
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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Chun-Hao Liu
Yu-Chen Huang
Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang
Hsiang-Yuan Lin
Hsing-Chang Ni
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Chun-Hao Liu
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description Background: While the Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI) for autistic people has been validated in many Western countries, its psychometric properties have remained unclear in East Asia. Methods: We translated the EDI into traditional Chinese and evaluated its psychometric properties among autistic children and youth in Taiwan. We enrolled 200 participants (182 male/18 female) aged 7–30 years from five clinical trials and conducted secondary analyses, assessing internal consistency reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent validity. Results: Our results showed that the Taiwan version of the EDI had strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha are 0.978 and 0.864 for each factor). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated acceptable fit of two-factors structure. The Taiwan version of EDI showed good convergent validity with established measurements including the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Irritability subscale and Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile. Conclusion: Our findings support the Taiwan version of EDI is a reliable and potentially valid instrument for assessing emotion dysregulation in autistic children and youth in Taiwan.
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spelling doaj-art-c297947cfc28468b93f2acdcb2c818532025-08-20T02:17:14ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462025-06-01124652352810.1016/j.jfma.2024.11.015Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum DisorderChen-Yu Kuo0Chun-Hao Liu1Yu-Chen Huang2Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang3Hsiang-Yuan Lin4Hsing-Chang Ni5Department of Psychiatry, New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital, No.6, Sec.2, Jincheng Rd., New Taipei City, 236, TaiwanDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, No.5 Fusing St., Taoyuan, 333, TaiwanCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TaiwanDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, No.5 Fusing St., Taoyuan, 333, TaiwanAzrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1025 Queen St West – 3314, Toronto, ON, Canada, M6J 1H4; Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1R8Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, No.5 Fusing St., Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Department of Psychiatry, No.5 Fusing St. Gueishan, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan.Background: While the Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI) for autistic people has been validated in many Western countries, its psychometric properties have remained unclear in East Asia. Methods: We translated the EDI into traditional Chinese and evaluated its psychometric properties among autistic children and youth in Taiwan. We enrolled 200 participants (182 male/18 female) aged 7–30 years from five clinical trials and conducted secondary analyses, assessing internal consistency reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent validity. Results: Our results showed that the Taiwan version of the EDI had strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha are 0.978 and 0.864 for each factor). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated acceptable fit of two-factors structure. The Taiwan version of EDI showed good convergent validity with established measurements including the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Irritability subscale and Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile. Conclusion: Our findings support the Taiwan version of EDI is a reliable and potentially valid instrument for assessing emotion dysregulation in autistic children and youth in Taiwan.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664624005527AutismEmotion regulationPsychometricsReliability and validity
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Chun-Hao Liu
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Hsing-Chang Ni
Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Autism
Emotion regulation
Psychometrics
Reliability and validity
title Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_short Psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of Emotion Dysregulation Inventory in Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_sort psychometric properties of the taiwan version of emotion dysregulation inventory in autism spectrum disorder
topic Autism
Emotion regulation
Psychometrics
Reliability and validity
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664624005527
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