Assessing beliefs about emotions: Development and validation of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: People's beliefs about emotions may be grouped into two main categories: beliefs about the controllability of emotions and beliefs about the usefulness of emotions. These beliefs influence emotion regulation efforts and mental health, so the assessment of these beliefs is important. However, few psychometric measures are available, particularly for assessing the usefulness dimension. In this study (N = 161), we address this issue by developing and conducting an initial validation of a 16-item self-report measure called the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ). Confirmatory factor analyses found its structure to consist of three first-order factors: a controllability factor spanning both negatively and positively valenced emotions (General-Controllability), and two valence-specific usefulnes

SUBMITTER: Becerra R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156043 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature