Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire: Validity and reliability of Persian translation of 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.