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ISSN : 1229-0688
The study validated the Korean version of the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale (EMWSS; Ritcher et al, 2009). 400 adults responded to measures for EMWSS, invalidating environment, parenting attitude, depression, anxiety, and mental well-being. 400 people were randomly divided into two groups of 106 and 294 for exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, respectively. As with the original scale, the one-factor model appeared to be the most appropriate. The EMWSS’s convergent validity was confirmed by significant correlations with parenting attitude (affection) and invalidating environment. The EMWSS’s correlation with depression, anxiety, and mental well-being also confirmed criterion-related validity. The impact on depression, anxiety, and mental well-being was significant even when the amount of explanation of invalidating environment and parenting attitude (rejection) was removed, indicating incremental validity. Based on these findings, it was demonstrated that the Korean version of EMWSS is a reliable and valid tool.
