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Examining the psychometric properties of the behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire - Persian version (BERQ-PV) among Iranians

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Emotion regulation has been dichotomized into two related but distinct domains, namely cognitive and behavioral. There has been an emphasis on the development of measures that evaluate these emotion regulation domains separately. Recently the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (BERQ) was developed. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a Persian version of the BERQ (BERQ-PV) among an Iranian sample. We investigated the dimensionality, reliability, and validity of the BERQ-PV among participants from the general population (n = 556) and clinical patients (n = 92). The confirmatory factor analysis supported the five-factor model. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .59–.78) and test-retest reliability (r = .63–.82) of the subscales were acceptable. The significant correlations between the BERQ-PV subscales and depression, anxiety, and stress supported concurrent validity, and the correlations with measures of cognitive emotion regulation implied convergent validity. The significant disparity among the clinical and non-clinical sample groups on the BERQ-PV was suggestive of discriminant validity. Findings indicate that the BERQ-PV is a psychometrically sound measure for assessing the behavioral process of emotion regulation.

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    Hamed Abdollahpour Ranjbar & Mehmet Eskin

  2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran

    Issa Hekmati

  3. School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Laura Jobson

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Abdollahpour Ranjbar, H., Hekmati, I., Eskin, M. et al. Examining the psychometric properties of the behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire - Persian version (BERQ-PV) among Iranians. Curr Psychol 42, 6606–6617 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02010-0

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