Reliability and Validity of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Chinese Version

Objective:To assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(CERQ-C).Methods:The CERQ-C was administrated to 523 university students,and one month later,the CERQ-C was randomly readministered to a subset of the original sample(n=100).Results:The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total scale was 0.81 and for the nine subscales ranged from 0.48 to 0.91;The mean inter-item correlation coefficient for the CERQ-C was 0.10,and the mean inter-item correlation coefficient for the nine subscale ranged from 0.19 to 0.71.The test-retest reliability coefficient for the total scale was 0.65 and for the nine subscales ranged from0.36to 0.69;Indices of confirmatory factor analysis such as CFI(0.981)IFI(0.981)TLI(0.977)RMSEA(0.062)all meet the standard of psychometrics and supported the original CERQ-C structural hypothesis of nine factors model.Conclusion:The CERQ-C is a reliable and valid assessment of cognitive emotion regulation strategies.