title: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Affective Style Questionnaire and its role as a moderator of the relationship between stress and negative affect.
abstract: The Affective Style Questionnaire is a self-report instrument for assessing affective style. Study 1 investigated the psychometric properties of the Chinese Affective Style Questionnaire in a sample of 459 Chinese participants. The confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor structure. Study 1 indicated that the Chinese Affective Style Questionnaire can be used as a simple, reliable, and valid scale for measuring individual differences in affective style. Study 2 examined the moderating role of different affective styles in the relationship between stress and negative affect. Concealing and tolerating moderated the relationship between stress and anxiety, and adjusting moderated the relationship between stress and depression.
authors.affiliation: 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 2 School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhongfang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: 3 Beijing Union University, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: 4 School of Education, Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Compus, Zhuhai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: 5 Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D002681:China; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chinese Affective Style Questionnaire; affective style; anxiety; depression; emotion regulation strategies; moderation; stress