Table 8 Item-total score person correlation analysis results in Brief-ERBS (n = 980, α = 0.05)
Item | Item content | r | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Q3 | People can learn to control/regulate their emotions | 0.405 |  < 0.001 |
Q4 | People are ruled by their emotions | 0.487 |  < 0.001 |
Q5 | Putting forth effort to alter emotional experience is valuable | 0.549 |  < 0.001 |
Q7 | When people are feeling down, they have to wait for a better mood to arrive before they can be productive | 0.528 |  < 0.001 |
Q8 | People would be better off if they took time to figure out where their emotions come from | 0.569 |  < 0.001 |
Q10 | When an emotion comes along, it will continue unless there is a change in the environment | 0.469 |  < 0.001 |
Q11 | When people acknowledge their emotions, the emotions will completely take them over | 0.521 |  < 0.001 |
Q12 | Learning how to alter strong emotions is a worthwhile pursuit | 0.634 |  < 0.001 |
Q13 | It is possible, with effort, to alter strong feelings in any situation | 0.525 |  < 0.001 |
Q15 | People are slaves to their emotions | 0.400 |  < 0.001 |
Q17 | Strong emotions will make people do things they wouldn’t normally do | 0.595 |  < 0.001 |
Q18 | When feelings of sadness take over, a person can’t really do anything but wallow in the misery | 0.409 |  < 0.001 |
Q19 | People benefit from learning how to regulate their feelings | 0.559 |  < 0.001 |
Q21 | Emotions make people lose control | 0.598 |  < 0.001 |