Psychometric properties of the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, short version, for primary school students

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Education, Assiut University

2 Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Assiut University

Abstract

The research aimed to verify the psychometric properties of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, the short version for children. 270 students (males, females) and 30 students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder participated in the study. The research tools were the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, the short version for children, translated by the researcher, The results of the study revealed the availability of validity for the questionnaire and an acceptable degree of internal consistency, as Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between the items of the list and the total score on it. All values ​​of the correlation coefficients were greater than (0.3) and statistically significant at the level of (0.05, 0.01). The list also achieved An acceptable degree of reliability (greater than 0.7), as the reliability coefficient was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient; In addition, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted in light of a number of indicators, including the Chi-Square Index (181.586), the Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) (0.992), the Incremental Fit Index (IFI) (0.966), and the Normed Incremental Fit Indexes (NFI) (0.941), Comparative Fit Index (CFI) (0.965), and Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) (0.067). Results indicated that the shortened version is a useful tool. Valid and reliable for assessing cognitive emotion regulation strategies in children.

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