Evaluation of psychometric properties of emotional styles questionnaire (ESQ)

Research has shown that the Emotion Styles Questionnaire (Kesebir, Gasiorowska, Goldman, Hirshberg & Davidson, 2019) is based on new neurological studies of emotions in clinical and research situations. As regards that emotional function, which is one of the indicators of health and disorder, is influenced by socio-cultural structures, however, there is a research gap in the field of objectification and validation of this tool in Iranian culture.

The present research was conducted by the aim of investigate the psychometric properties of the Emotional Styles Questionnaire (ESQ).

The design of the current study is descriptive and correlational, in which descriptive indicators, reliability coefficients, validity and factor analysis were used to estimate the psychometric properties of the Emotional Styles Questionnaire. In this way, 357 people from Tabriz University students were randomly selected and answered the Emotional Styles Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

Data analysis using CFA method showed that the six-factor model has a better fit and Cronbach's alpha coefficients also showed that the six extracted factors have a good reliability coefficient between 0.62 to 0.68.

Based on this, it can be concluded that this questionnaire is a suitable tool for measuring emotional styles and can be used as a valid tool in research and clinical situations.