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Does crying help? Development of the beliefs about crying scale (BACS).
Leah S Sharman1, Genevieve A Dingle1, Eric J Vanman1
1a School of Psychology , University of Queensland , St Lucia , Australia.
Cognition & Emotion
|June 19, 2018
Summary
People
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Emotional Regulation
Background:
- Crying is commonly perceived as beneficial, but empirical evidence is limited.
- Individual appraisals of crying significantly influence its emotional impact.
- A need exists for a validated measure of beliefs surrounding crying's emotional outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and psychometrically validate the Beliefs about Crying Scale (BACS).
- To assess beliefs about crying's positive or negative emotional effects in individual and social contexts.
Main Methods:
- Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of 40 preliminary items with 202 participants.
- Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the resulting 14-item scale with 210 participants.
- Examined relationships between BACS subscales and measures of personality, crying proneness, emotion regulation, and alexithymia.
Main Results:
- EFA yielded three subscales: Helpful Beliefs, Unhelpful-Individual Beliefs, and Unhelpful-Social Beliefs, explaining 60% of variance.
- CFA confirmed the three-factor structure of the 14-item BACS.
- Subscales demonstrated distinct associations with psychological variables, including emotion regulation and alexithymia.
Conclusions:
- The Beliefs about Crying Scale (BACS) offers a nuanced understanding of crying appraisals.
- The BACS helps explain why crying may not always be a positive emotion regulation strategy.
- Validated measure provides insight into individual differences in the perceived outcomes of crying.
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