Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Brief Emotion and Regulation Beliefs Scale in Chinese nursing students

Table 2 Frequency distribution of demographic characteristics (n = 980)

Variables	Groups	N	%/‾X ± S
City	Jinzhou	340	34.69
City	Dalian	640	65.31
Sex	Male	109	11.12
Sex	Female	871	88.88
Age (years)	17–26	980	20.55 ± 1.45
Grade	Freshman	294	30.00
	Sophomore	412	42.04
	Junior	274	27.96
Only child	Yes	418	42.65
Only child	No	562	57.35
Education	Higher vocational schools	301	30.71
	The third batch of undergraduate	183	18.67
	The second batch of undergraduate	496	50.61

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