The presented study was focused on assessment of psychometric properties of Polish adaptation of the Inventory of Cognitive Affect Regulation Strategies (ICARUS; originally developed by Barbara Kamholz, Adela Hayes, Charles Carver, Suzy Gulliver and Carola Perlman) in the group of 250 Polish students exposed to traumatic events. Fidelity of translation was established by application of the standard translation procedures, like back-translation, evaluated and commented by the authors on ICARUS, and bilingual retest in the group of students of English philology. Reliability was assessed on the basis of indices of internal consistency and validity by relationships with scales assessing emotions (Inventory of Emotions, developed by Diener, Smith & Fujita) and mood dimensions (PANAS inventory, developed by Watson, Clark & Tellegen) as well as with scales measuring styles of affect regulation (Mood Regulation Scales developed by Wojciszke) and coping with stress (COPE inventory developed by Carver, Scheier & Weintraub). Analyses demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties of Polish translation of ICARUS, comparable with original version.
The aim of the study was an analysis of the influence of temperamental traits, cognitive affect regulation strategies and intensity of posttraumatic symptoms disorder (PTSD) on the mood level in the group of 250 subjects (152 females and 98 males), who were exposed in life at least to one traumatic event. The study assessed concurrent relationships and based on self-report measures. The results showed that temperamental traits influence active strategies of affect-regulation and positive mood. On the other side the impact of symptoms of PTSD on avoidance strategies of affect-regulation and negative mood was recorded.
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