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Published on: February 11, 2017
Validation of the South Korean Version of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale
Gahyun Park1, Jeong Han Kim2, Dong Hun Lee3
1Traumatic Stress Center, Department of Education, Sungkyunkwan University, 51112 Hoam Hall, 25-2, Sungkyunkwan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03063, South Korea.
Background:
Beliefs about the unacceptability of experiencing or expressing negative emotions can contribute to diverse psychological symptoms and associated with poor treatment outcomes and low treatment attempts. The Beliefs about Emotions Scale (BES) was developed to assess such beliefs based on the cognitive-behavioral models; however, no study has reported on the psychometric properties of the BES in Korea. The present study aimed to cross-culturally adapt and validate the BES for the Korean population (BES-K).
Methods:
The BES-K was administered to 592 Korean adults (323 men and 269 women) aged 20-59 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess the factor model of the scale. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to evaluate the relationships between the BES-K and other psychological measures.
Results:
The result showed a two-factor model of the BES-K, with Factor 1 relating to Interpersonal and Factor 2 representing Intrapersonal aspects. The scale had significant yet moderately low correlations with measures of depression, anxiety, and difficulties in emotion regulation.
Conclusion:
The BES-K is a useful instrument in evaluating the beliefs about emotions in the Korean population.
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