title: [Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) measures conscious attentional and thinking processes that people often use to regulate their emotions. The English version of the CERQ - consisting of nine subscales: self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, other blame, acceptance, positive refocusing, planning, positive reappraisal and putting into perspective - showed excellent psychometric properties in previous investigations and is widely used in current research and clinical practice. The present study describes the psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the CERQ.
  
  
  METHODS
  The forward and back-translation method was used for the adaptation. 261 undergraduate and graduate students completed the Hungarian version of the CERQ, the Shortened Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-S), the 5-item version of the WHO Well-being Index (WBS-5) and a short demographical form.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CERQ subscales showed acceptable to very good internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas ranging from 0.68 to 0.88) and strong test-retest reliability (Pearson's correlations ranging from 0.58 to 0.85, p<0.001 ). No associations were found between the emotion regulation strategies and gender and socioeconomic status. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis supported the theoretical model with nine independent factors. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed significant relationships between BDI-S and self-blame, acceptance, planning, positive reappraisal and catastrophizing (F=14,28 p<0,001, adjusted R2=0,320), and WBI-5 and self-blame, rumination, positive refocusing and positive reappraisal (F=5,89 p<0,001; adjusted R2=0,26).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that the Hungarian version of the CERQ is a reliable and useful instrument for assessment of cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, AOK, Klinikai Pszichologia Tanszek, Budapest, Hungary. miklosi.monika@gmail.hu
authors.forename: Mónika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miklósi
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martos
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kocsis-Bogár
authors.forename: Dóra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perczel Forintos
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations