Testing the Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale
Table 5
Pearson’s correlations between the LEE scale and other theoretically relevant measures ().
Measures
LEE
IN/H
AP
TO
EI
FAD
CO
AR
AI
BC
LEE
1.00
Intrusiveness/Hostility
0.584**
1.00
Attitudes towards patient
0.542**
0.543**
1.00
Tolerance
0.521**
0.524**
0.592**
1.00
Emotional involvement
0.645***
0.569**
0.553**
0.485*
1.00
FAD
−0.538**
−0.578**
−0.456*
−0.502**
−0.507**
1.00
Communication
−0.540**
−0.506**
−0.533**
−0.498**
−0.461*
0.471*
1.00
Affective responsiveness
−0.503**
−0.532**
−0.602***
−0.528**
−0.610**
0.518**
0.523**
1.00
Affective involvement
−0.541**
−0.554**
−0.557**
−0.556**
−0.679***
0.551**
0.562**
0.619***
1.00
Behavioral control
−0483*
−0.601**
−0.581**
−0.485*
−0.481*
0.538**
0.498**
0.491**
0.467*
1.00
FBIS
0.561**
0.564**
0.533**
0.504**
0.475*
−0.517**
−0.495**
−0.512**
−0.512**
−0.461*
LEE: level of expressed emotion scale, LEE subscales: IN/H: intrusiveness/hostility, AP: attitudes towards patient; TO: tolerance; and EI: emotional involvement. FAD: family assessment device, Its subscales, CO: communication; AR: affective responsiveness; AI: affective involvement; and BC: behavioral control. FBIS: family burden interview schedule. ;; .
