Assessing Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in an Iranian Population

IF 0.5 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-16 DOI:10.5812/ijpbs-120516

A. Foroughi, S. Khanjani, Motaleb Naseri, Golfam Goodarzi

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Background: The Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (BERQ) has been designed to assess the adaptive and maladaptive strategies for emotion regulation. Objectives: The current investigation aimed to study the psychometric properties of the BERQ in a sample of Iranian students. Methods: To assess the psychometric properties of the BERQ (2020 - 2021), 301 students (150 males and 151 females) at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) were selected using convenience sampling. In addition to the BERQ, the participants completed the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). Afterward, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, convergent and divergent validity, and confirmatory factor analysis were calculated and applied using LISREL V 8.80 and SPSS V 20. Results: The results of factor analysis supported the five-factor structure of the BERQ (including seeking distraction, seeking social support, actively approaching, withdrawal, and ignoring) in the Iranian student sample (RMSEA = 0.08, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.90, normed fit index (NFI) = 0.90). Furthermore, the positive subscales of the BERQ were significantly and positively correlated with the positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the CERQ. They also had a significant negative correlation with depression, anxiety, stress, and worry. Moreover, withdrawal and ignoring were significantly and positively correlated with anxiety, stress, worry, depression, and negative emotion regulation strategies of the CERQ (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The Persian version of the BERQ has suitable psychometric properties. This questionnaire could be utilized for assessing the healthy and unhealthy reactions of individuals.

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伊朗人群行为情绪调节问卷的心理测量特性评估

背景:设计行为情绪调节问卷(BERQ)来评估情绪调节的适应策略和不适应策略。目的:本研究旨在研究伊朗学生的BERQ心理测量特征。方法:采用方便抽样的方法，选取克尔曼沙阿医科大学(KUMS) 301名学生(男150名，女151名)，评估BERQ(2020 - 2021)的心理测量特性。除BERQ外，参与者还完成了认知情绪调节问卷(CERQ)、宾夕法尼亚州立大学焦虑问卷(PSWQ)和抑郁焦虑压力量表(DASS)。随后，使用LISREL V 8.80和SPSS V 20计算Cronbach’s alpha系数、收敛效度和发散效度以及验证性因子分析。结果:因子分析结果支持伊朗学生样本BERQ的五因子结构(寻求分心、寻求社会支持、主动接近、退缩和忽视)(RMSEA = 0.08，比较拟合指数(CFI) = 0.90，规范拟合指数(NFI) = 0.90)。此外，BERQ的积极分量表与CERQ的积极认知情绪调节策略显著正相关。它们还与抑郁、焦虑、压力和担忧呈显著负相关。戒断和忽视与CERQ的焦虑、应激、担忧、抑郁和负性情绪调节策略显著正相关(P < 0.05)。结论:波斯语版的BERQ量表具有合适的心理测量性质。该问卷可用于评估个人的健康和不健康反应。

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