title: Preliminary reliability and validity of the Spanish Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article introduces a Spanish version of the Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation Scale (NMR-S) and tests the reliability and the validity of the new questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 360 students from Chile completed the NMR-S along with instruments measuring depressive symptoms, social desirability, coping, and emotion regulation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A factor analysis indicated that the NMR-S has a one-dimensional structure. The reliability of the new instrument was α = 0.89. The concurrent validity of the NMR-S was supported by correlations with measures of coping, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, the NMR-S predicted depressive symptoms when controlling for emotion regulation and coping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings are the first evidence to support the reliability and validity of the NMR-S.
authors.affiliation: Schoen Klinik Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mearns
authors.forename: Salvatore J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Catanzaro
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Backenstrass
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaemmerer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult