Julii Brainard, Stephanie Howard Wilsher, Charlotte Salter, Yoon Kong Loke
Methodological review: quality of randomized controlled trials in health literacy
BMC health services research
emotion beliefs questionnaire recently developed measure beliefs controllability usefulness negative positive emotions beliefs theorised influential emotion regulation psychological outcomes however date studies utilising large representative samples examine ebqs psychometric properties affective correlates aim fill gap examining ebqs psychometric properties exploring associations emotion beliefs emotion regulation affective disorder symptoms sample 1175 adults recruited general population united states completed measures emotion beliefs emotion regulation affective disorder symptoms confirmatory factor analyses supported ebqs intended subscale structure controllability usefulness beliefs separated valence structure invariant across gender age education categories ebq correlated expected ways measures demonstrating good validity good excellent levels internal consistency reliability study used nonclinical sample predominantly white future work utilise clinical crosscultural samples maximise generalisability findings findings indicate ebq psychometrically sound tool measuring multidimensional emotion belief construct ebq may clinical utility conceptualisation assessment treatment maladaptive emotion beliefs furthermore results highlight importance considering potential influence maladaptive emotion beliefs emotion dysregulation affective disorder symptoms