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Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Cross-Gender Measurement Invariance in Chinese University Students

OBJECTIVES: Emotion regulation has been extensively studied in various areas of psychology. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was developed to assess two specific constructs associated with emotion control—cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression (Gross and John, 2003). The instrume...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ying, Bian, Yufang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250813
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569438
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description OBJECTIVES: Emotion regulation has been extensively studied in various areas of psychology. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was developed to assess two specific constructs associated with emotion control—cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression (Gross and John, 2003). The instrument displayed sound psychometric properties; however, to date, inquiry regarding the measure’s characteristics has been limited. This study aims to measure cross-gender invariance [measurement invariance (MI)] in Chinese undergraduates using the ERQ. METHODS: This study measured the psychometric properties of the ERQ in a sample of 847 Mainland China undergraduates (401 males and 446 females) through confirmatory factor analysis. The tests of MI were used to examine potential structural differences based on gender. RESULTS: The findings supported the measure’s original structure with all demographic groups and demonstrated exceptional fit. Additional normative data for gender and ethnic groups are included as well. The results also supported the use of the instrument in future research. CONCLUSION: The two-factor structure in the ERQ establishes a cross-gender equivalence between males and females in Chinese college students. This study supports the use of the instrument in future research.
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spelling pubmed-76734302020-11-26 Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Cross-Gender Measurement Invariance in Chinese University Students Zhang, Ying Bian, Yufang Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVES: Emotion regulation has been extensively studied in various areas of psychology. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was developed to assess two specific constructs associated with emotion control—cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression (Gross and John, 2003). The instrument displayed sound psychometric properties; however, to date, inquiry regarding the measure’s characteristics has been limited. This study aims to measure cross-gender invariance [measurement invariance (MI)] in Chinese undergraduates using the ERQ. METHODS: This study measured the psychometric properties of the ERQ in a sample of 847 Mainland China undergraduates (401 males and 446 females) through confirmatory factor analysis. The tests of MI were used to examine potential structural differences based on gender. RESULTS: The findings supported the measure’s original structure with all demographic groups and demonstrated exceptional fit. Additional normative data for gender and ethnic groups are included as well. The results also supported the use of the instrument in future research. CONCLUSION: The two-factor structure in the ERQ establishes a cross-gender equivalence between males and females in Chinese college students. This study supports the use of the instrument in future research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7673430/ /pubmed/33250813 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569438 Text en Copyright © 2020 Zhang and Bian. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_sort emotion regulation questionnaire for cross-gender measurement invariance in chinese university students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33250813
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569438
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