The Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire: Psychometric properties, norms, and links to affective outcomes

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.04.002
• Publication Date: 2024-04-02T16:13:55Z
• Authors: Tylah E. Johnston; Peter M. McEvoy; James J. Gross; Rodrigo Becerra; David A. Preece

The Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire was recently developed to measure beliefs about the controllability and usefulness of negative positive emotions. These are that have been theorised be influential for emotion regulation psychological outcomes. However, date there few studies utilising large, representative samples examine EBQ's psychometric properties affective correlates. Our aim fill this gap by examining exploring associations between beliefs, regulation, disorder symptoms. A sample 1175 adults recruited from general population in United States completed measures Confirmatory factor analyses supported intended subscale structure, where were separated valence. This structure invariant across gender, age, education categories. EBQ correlated expected ways with other measures, demonstrating good validity, had excellent levels internal consistency reliability. study used a non-clinical predominantly White. Future work should utilise clinical cross-cultural maximise generalisability findings. findings indicate is psychometrically sound tool measuring multidimensional belief construct. may utility conceptualisation, assessment, treatment maladaptive beliefs. Furthermore, our results highlight importance considering potential influence dysregulation