Analysis

The Self-Regulation of Withholding Negative Emotions Questionnaire is used to assess an individual’s ability to regulate the tendency to suppress or limit the expression of negative emotions in various situations. This ability is related to emotional self-regulation and social interactions.

Purpose

The main purpose of the questionnaire is to evaluate how well an individual can control the expression of negative emotions and to examine the relationship between the ability to suppress negative emotions and mental well-being, such as anxiety and depression.

Scoring

The questionnaire includes questions or statements that participants rate on a Likert scale, usually 5 or 7 points, ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 or 7 (strongly agree). The total score is calculated based on the sum or the average of the scores for the individual statements.

References

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