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http://dx.doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2022.11.28.4.627

Validation of the Korean Version of the Positive and Negative Ex-relationship Thoughts Scale  

Park, Jungmin (Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University)
Ahn, Hyunnie (Department of Psychology, Ewha Womans University)
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Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue / v.28, no.4, 2022 , pp. 627-659 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to translate and validate the Positive and Negative Ex-Relationship Thoughts (PANERT), a scale measuring the positive and negative valence of thoughts about past relationships in early adulthood. For this purpose, PANERT was translated into Korean and the study surveyed on 337 single male and female adults in their 20. Then, the gender difference between major variables was analyzed. After going through item analysis, all twelve original items were used to construct the Korean version of PANERT. The confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) supported the two factors structure of the Korean version of PANERT: positive vs, negative thought content valence. Also, the reliability coefficients of each two factors were all satisfactory. As a result of a correlation analysis, the criterion-related validity of the two sub-factors was good with other related scales(Intrusive rumination scale of K-ERRI, K-DASS-21-D, and K-PANAS-Revised) except for changes of self-perception. Finally, the research model was built to examine the mediating effect of two affect responses(positive and negative) in the relationship between two thought content valences and depression. In this process, the convergence and discriminant validity of the Korean version of PANERT were confirmed and the indirect effect was also confirmed in the structural equation model. In conclusion, the Korean version of PANERT consists of two factors and twelve items in total. Also, it is a reliable and valid tool for measuring the thought content valences in the romantic relationship breakup experience of early adults.
Keywords
early adulthood; past romantic relationship; romantic relationship breakup; thought content valence; validation study;
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