%0 Journal Article
%T The negative affect repair questionnaire: factor analysis and psychometric evaluation in three samples
%A Anne Scherer
%A Nicole Eberle
%A Maren Boecker
%A Claus V£¿gele
%A Siegfried Gauggel
%A Thomas Forkmann
%J BMC Psychiatry
%D 2013
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1471-244x-13-16
%X The samples consisted of 684 students (mean age£¿=£¿23.3, SD£¿=£¿3.5; 53.6% female) and 369 persons with mixed mental disorders (mean age£¿=£¿36.0 SD£¿=£¿14.6; 71.2% female). Items for the questionnaire were derived from existing questionnaires and additional items were formulated based on suggestions by clinical experts. All items start with ¡°When I don¡¯t feel well, in order to feel better¡­¡±. Participants rated how frequently they used each strategy on a 5-point Likert scale. Confirmatory Factor Analyses were conducted to verify the factor structure in two separate student samples and a clinical sample. Group comparisons and correlations with other questionnaires were calculated to ensure validity.After modification, the CFA showed good model fit in all three samples. Reliability scores (Cronbach¡¯s ¦Á) for the three NARQ scales ranged between .71 and .80. Comparisons between students and persons with mental disorders showed the postulated relationships, as did comparisons between male and female students and persons with or without Borderline Personality Disorder. Correlations with other questionnaires suggest the NARQ¡¯s construct validity.The results indicate that the NARQ is a psychometrically sound and reliable measure with practical use for therapy planning and tracking of treatment outcome across time. We advocate the integration of the new response-focused strategy in the Gross¡¯s model of emotion regulation.Negative affect has profound effect on the quality of social interactions, social functioning, and well-being [1-4]. Consequently, people try to regulate negative affect using various strategies, with some strategies apparently being more successful than others [4,5]. Difficulties in affect regulation are considered to be connected to several adverse consequences, from ordinary unhappiness to outright psychopathology [6,7], such as mood disorders [8], generalized anxiety disorder [9], personality disorders [10] and substance abuse [11,12].Nonetheless, some problems
%K Affect regulation
%K Emotion regulation
%K Mood regulation
%K Psychometric quality
%U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/13/16