Investigating Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate of the psychometric properties of the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for adolescents and adults for first time in Iran. The present research was descriptive and of survey type. Translation and back-translation processes were used to prepare the Persian version of the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire developed by Kraaij & Garnefski (2019). The statistical population of the present research was adolescents and adults in 2019. The sample included 461 adolescents who were selected through the multistage cluster random sampling method in the provinces of Tehran (Districts 2, 4, 11, and 20) and Isfahan (Isfahan, Shahr-e Reza, and Najaf Abad cities). The viewpoints of nine experts were gathered to assess the questionnaire’s face and content validities. Lawashe method and Waltz and Bausell method were used to calculate the content validity index. Construct validity was analyzed using factor analysis. The reliability of the scale was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha and test-retest methods. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the five-factor model had a good fitness and its construct validity was confirmed, respectively. The face validity and content validity (CVI=0/84) were confirmed satisfactorily. The content validity indices were .82, .87, .86, .78 and .83 for the subscales of seeking distraction, withdrawal, actively approaching, seeking social support, and ignoring, respectively. The reliability coefficients for the subscales of the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, using Cronbach’s alpha, were found to be .88, .90, .91, .89 and .87, respectively. Additionally, reliability was calculated by the test-retest method and found to be between the range of .59 to .66. The results of the convergent and divergent validities between the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire through its simultaneous implementation with the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the scale of depression, anxiety and stress were also examined and approved. Therefore, the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool, and it can be used to assess the behavioral emotion regulation of individuals in psychological interventions in the Iranian society.

Keywords

• adolescents
• behavioral emotion regulation
• psychometric properties