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Factor structure and construct validity of the short form of managing the emotions of others (MEOS-SF) scale in the Chinese sample

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  • Qianglong Wang
  • Zhuo Zhang
  • Ping Song
  • Zhenbiao Liu
  • Qingyun Zhang
  • Anthony A Vivino
  • Bo Yang
  • Ping Hu

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Objectives: Emotional manipulation is an important strategy in social interaction. The English version of MEOS-SF has been developed to make the measurement of such manipulation ability more efficient. The purpose of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of MEOS-SF. Methods: Explore factor analysis and Confirmatory factor analysis were adopted to examine the Chinese version of the MEOS-SF factor structure in 645 Chinese participants (mean age = 24.68 ± 6.01 years) recruited online. Results: Factor analysis supported a new three-factor model that included Conceal, Prosocial, and Non-prosocial, different from the original English MEOS-SF. Enhance and Divert merged to Prosocial factor while Worsen and Inauthentic merged to Non-prosocial factor because both prosocial and non-prosocial pairs had similar objectives, which would be perceived as the same thing by people in Eastern culture. As expected, MEOS-SF factors were found to be correlated with the Big Five, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and trait EI. Conclusions: Our results suggested that the Chinese version of MEOS-SF had acceptable psychometric properties and could be used to assess emotional manipulation.

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  • Qianglong Wang & Zhuo Zhang & Ping Song & Zhenbiao Liu & Qingyun Zhang & Anthony A Vivino & Bo Yang & Ping Hu, 2021. "Factor structure and construct validity of the short form of managing the emotions of others (MEOS-SF) scale in the Chinese sample," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(4), pages 1-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0249774
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249774
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