Psychometric comparison of Chinese and English versions of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire with bilingual Hong Kong Chinese students |
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| Authors: | Ashley N Hutchison Dannii Y Yeung Lawrence H Gerstein Kara B Wettersten |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology, and Counseling, Teachers College, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA;2. Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong;3. Department of Counseling Psychology and Community Services, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John, 2003) assesses two emotion regulation (ER) strategies: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Researchers have used the ERQ in cross-national studies, such as with participants in Hong Kong. There is inconsistency in psychometric equivalence data for the ERQ in Chinese among adults, and prior research in Hong Kong contradicted the ERQ's original factor structure (Matsumoto et al., 2008). The present study examined the factor structure, reliability and validity of a translated Traditional Chinese-ERQ and the English-ERQ with Hong Kong college students. Results revealed that both versions replicated the original two-factor structure of the ERQ (Gross & John, 2003). Evidence of the measure's convergent, discriminant and predictive validity was obtained as well. Implications for cross-cultural scale validation particularly with Hong Kong Chinese students are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Emotion regulation Hong Kong Measurement invariance |
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