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THE CHABOT EMOTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION SCALE: A THEORETICALLY AND PSYCHOMETRICALLY SOUND INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BOWEN's INTRAPSYCHIC ASPECT OF DIFFERENTIATION
Author(s) -
Licht Carolyn,
Chabot David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01598.x
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , personality , intellect , confusion , developmental psychology , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , psychoanalysis , computer science , database , philosophy , physics , theology , quantum mechanics
Bowen's theory (1978) of differentiation is the personality variable most critical to mature development and the attainment of psychological health. The study of psychological differentiation has been confounded by confusion regarding the constructs being studied and the measurement tools used to assess them. The purpose of this review is to introduce and demonstrate the utility and importance of the Chabot Emotional Differentiation Scale (CED; Chabot, 1993), a self‐report instrument specifically designed to measure Bowen's intrapsychic aspect of differentiation, or an individual's ability to distinguish between emotional and intellectual functioning and utilize intellect in emotionally charged situations. Psychometric support for the CED, validation and cross‐cultural studies to date, and implications for theory, research, and practice are presented.