Compilation And Reliability And Validity Test Of Comprehensive Emotion Regulation Strategy Scale

The essence of emotional regulation is coordination across experiential,behavioral and physiological systems in the service of functional responding to environmental demands.With the deepening of the research on emotion regulation,the research on the diversity of emotion regulation strategies has also made advances.However,the structure of emotion regulation strategies is inconclusive.There is no tool that covers all emotion regulation strategies at home and abroad.Therefore,the goal of this study is developed to complement emotion regulation strategies questionnaires and test the reliability and validity of it among Chinese adults.In order to understand the use of emotion regulation strategies of individuals with different personality traits so as to improve their mental health,we also examined the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and personalities.Screening items based on previous research and literature.Following a stepwise selection based on experts’ judgment,120 items with the best content validity were chosen.Result of an exploratory factor analysis(EFA),confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)and exploratory structural equation modeling(ESEM)in study 2(N = 390).CFA,ESEM,reliability,and validity test in study 3(N = 691)support the 11-factor structure of this scale.In the end,structural equation modeling was used to study the relationship between emotional regulation strategies and the mediating effect on personality and mental health in the same batch of samples.The research results are as follows:(1)Comprehensive Emotion Regulation Strategy Questionnaire(CERSQ)predict version was developed,it contains 12 dimensions: Acceptance,Tolerating,Problem Solving,Emotional Avoidance,Experiential Avoidance,Distraction,Suppression,Reappraisal,Rumination,Worry,Mindfulness and Others.After screening the items by EFA and CFA,results showed a moderate to acceptable fit for 11-factor model(predict version),TLI= 0.832,CFI= 0.847,SRMR= 0.073,RMSEA= 0.045.ESEM results showed an acceptable fit,TLI= 0.886,CFI= 0.932,SRMR= 0.023,RMSEA= 0.037.Internal consistency reliabilities(coefficient alphas)of the CERSQ scales were generally fairly high.At the dimension level,the CERSQ had reliabilities ranging from 0.671(Addition)to 0.826(Problem solving).(2)Results showed a moderate to acceptable fit for 11-factor model(CERSQ),TLI= 0.873,CFI= 0.884,SRMR= 0.054,RMSEA= 0.038.ESEM results showed an acceptable fit,TLI= 0.959,CFI= 0.976,RMSEA= 0.029.Structure validity and criterion related validity were used as validity index.The correlations between the CERSQ and the 4 dimensions of ERQ and CERQ ranged from 0.565(Reappraisal)to 0.682(Suppression).The correlation between CERQ and the five components of the big five personality ranged from 0.097(Extroversion)to 0.598(Neuroticism).The correlation between CERQ and anxiety,depression and health were 0.14(depression)to 0.476(health).All above the indexes have reached the standard of psychometrics indicate the scale has good validity.(3)Emotion regulation strategy completely mediated the relation between openness,extraversion,conscientiousness and mental health;which partially mediated the relation between agreeableness and mental health.The Comprehensive Emotion Regulation Strategy Questionnaire(CERSQ)has 50 items assessing 11 dimensions,with excellent psychometric properties,which can be used in related research.Besides,emotion regulation strategy mediated the relation between different personality traits and mental health.