Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire: Validity and reliability of the Persian translation of the CERQ (36-item)

This study aims at investigating a Persian translation of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-36 item (CERQ; Garnefski, Kraaij, & Spinhoven, 2001). The distinction of nine different conceptual scales (Self-blame, Other-blame, Rumination, Catastrophizing, Positive refocusing, Planning, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective and Acceptance) was left intact. Cronbach's alfa subscale ranges were from 0.64 to 0.82. The students who had low score in mindfulness in comparison with the students with high levels of mindfulness reported low and high scores in adjusted and unadjusted cognitive emotion regulation strategies, respectively. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the 4th International Conference of Cognitive Science