biostudies-literatureZhang DAnhui Education Department FoundationAnhui Education Department Foundation, PR ChinaWannan Medical College Foundation for Teaching Research Project, PR China221https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9364589biostudies-literatureUnknown21(1)<h4>Background</h4>Nursing students are experiencing complex learning environments and will experience complex work environments in future clinical work, which lead to emotional problems easily. However, one's beliefs about controlling their emotions portend a series of vital psychological outcomes. So, it is especially important to search for suitable tools to assess the emotion and regulation beliefs of nursing students and give timely intervention to improve their physical and mental health. This study aimed to translate the American version of the Emotion and Regulation Beliefs Scale (ERBS) into Chinese, revise the original scale and form a simplified version, and assess the reliability and validity of the brief Chinese version in nursing students.<h4>Methods</h4>The study adopted a crBMC nursingReliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Brief Emotion and Regulation Beliefs Scale in Chinese nursing students.PMC93645892020jyxm20842019jyxm50SK2020A0367Yuan THua YLiu HZhang DLi JYang LLiu MWang CZhang LSun LLi XLei YWei HfalseReliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Brief Emotion and Regulation Beliefs Scale in Chinese nursing students.<h4>Background</h4>Nursing students are experiencing complex learning environments and will experience complex work environments in future clinical work, which lead to emotional problems easily. However, one's beliefs about controlling their emotions portend a series of vital psychological outcomes. So, it is especially important to search for suitable tools to assess the emotion and regulation beliefs of nursing students and give timely intervention to improve their physical and mental health. This study aimed to translate the American version of the Emotion and Regulation Beliefs Scale (ERBS) into Chinese, revise the original scale and form a simplified version, and assess the reliability and validity of the brief Chinese version in nursing students.<h4>Methods</h4>The study adopted a cr2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Aug2025-04-19T20:35:51.269Z2025-04-19T20:35:51.269ZS-EPMC93645893594553110.1186/s12912-022-00992-1