Objective: Testing the reliability, validity and measurement invariance of
the Chinese version of Perceived Invalidation of Emotion Scale (PIES) in Chinese
adolescents. Methods: 964 middle school students were investigated, 133 students
were followed to complete the Chinese version of PIES after 4 weeks for test-retest
reliability. WHO well-being index, positive emotions, relationships needs frustration,
loneliness and depression were used as the criteria related validity instrument. Results:
The internal consistency reliability of PIES was 0.91, and the test-retest reliabilities
were 0.74. Perceived invalidation of emotion was negatively correlated with WHO
well-being index, positive emotions and positively correlated with relationships needs
frustration, loneliness and depression. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the
one-factor model of PIES had good fit with the data. The configural, metric, scalar
and strict invariance of the Chinese version of PIES across gender were all acceptable.
Conclusion: The Chinese version of PIES has good reliability and validity, as well as
gender equivalence.