On the Measurement of Episodic Empowerment

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12838

Jonathan Bartholomaeus, Joe Mandrell, Peter Strelan

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Abstract

This article reports the development and validation of the Episodic Empowerment Scale (EES): A manipulation check designed to measure a momentary psychological state. In Study 1, participants (n = 125) completed a selection of candidate items after being exposed to a low- or high-power manipulation. Exploratory factor analysis was used to reduce the number of items to a brief five-item measure. We then examined the validity, reliability, and stability of the EES. Study 2 (n = 143) compared the target sensitivity of the EES to a widely used measure of power. In Study 3 (n = 129), we investigated the discriminant content validity of the EES by testing its sensitivity to a non-target manipulation: positive and negative affect. Finally, in a large-scale replication, Study 4 (n = 479) established the measurement invariance of the EES across experimental conditions and the interaction between conditions and gender as well as replicating the findings from Study 1. Our results indicate that the EES is a brief, valid, and sensitive manipulation check. Findings are discussed within the broader context of validating self-report manipulation checks and the importance of employing robust psychometric techniques in experimental social psychology.

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关于情景授权的测量

本文报告了情景授权量表（EES）的开发和验证：一种用于测量瞬间心理状态的操纵检查。在研究1中，参与者（n = 125）在暴露于低功率或高功率操作后完成了候选项目的选择。探索性因素分析用于减少项目的数量，以一个简短的五项措施。然后，我们检验了EES的效度、信度和稳定性。研究2 （n = 143）将EES的目标灵敏度与广泛使用的功率测量进行了比较。在研究3 （n = 129）中，我们通过测试EES对非目标操作（积极和消极情绪）的敏感性来研究EES的判别内容效度。最后，在大规模的重复实验中，研究4 （n = 479）建立了EES在不同实验条件下的测量不变性，以及条件和性别之间的相互作用，并重复了研究1的发现。结果表明，EES是一种简单、有效、灵敏的操作检查方法。研究结果在验证自我报告操纵检查和在实验社会心理学中采用稳健的心理测量技术的重要性的更广泛背景下进行了讨论。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Social Psychology publishes work from scholars based in all parts of the world, and manuscripts that present data on a wide range of populations inside and outside the UK. It publishes original papers in all areas of social psychology including: • social cognition • attitudes • group processes • social influence • intergroup relations • self and identity • nonverbal communication • social psychological aspects of personality, affect and emotion • language and discourse Submissions addressing these topics from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative are welcomed. We publish papers of the following kinds: • empirical papers that address theoretical issues; • theoretical papers, including analyses of existing social psychological theories and presentations of theoretical innovations, extensions, or integrations; • review papers that provide an evaluation of work within a given area of social psychology and that present proposals for further research in that area; • methodological papers concerning issues that are particularly relevant to a wide range of social psychologists; • an invited agenda article as the first article in the first part of every volume. The editorial team aims to handle papers as efficiently as possible. In 2016, papers were triaged within less than a week, and the average turnaround time from receipt of the manuscript to first decision sent back to the authors was 47 days.