Translation and Validation of the Malay Version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)

Manisah Mohd Ali; Suzana Mohd Hoesni; Nur Afrina Rosharudin; Siti Rashidah Yusoff; Mohamad Omar Ihsan Razman; Khairul Farhah Khairuddin; Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud; Noor Azimah Muhammad; Dharatun Nissa Puad Mohd Kari

doi:10.3390/ijerph191811399

Translation and Validation of the Malay Version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 10;19(18):11399. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811399.

Authors

Manisah Mohd Ali¹, Suzana Mohd Hoesni², Nur Afrina Rosharudin², Siti Rashidah Yusoff², Mohamad Omar Ihsan Razman², Khairul Farhah Khairuddin¹, Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud³, Noor Azimah Muhammad⁴, Dharatun Nissa Puad Mohd Kari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Research in Education & Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
² Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.

Abstract

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA) has been translated and adapted globally. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the ERQ-CA. The ERQ-CA underwent forward and back translation twice and was tested in two separate studies, Study 1 and Study 2, with 296 and 359 students aged between 13 and 14 years old, respectively. Cronbach's alpha values were calculated, and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. The results from Study 1 demonstrate good internal consistency for cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. The results indicate a good factor loading for most of the items, but only one value of the goodness-of-fit met the criteria for a good fit. The results from Study 2 show improvements in the values of the goodness-of-fit that are comparable to previous studies, but there was a decrease in the factor loading scores. Overall, the Malay version of the ERQ-CA possesses acceptable reliability and validity. Further studies are required in the near future to develop a Malay version of the ERQ-CA that reasonably represents Malaysian adolescents.

Keywords: Malaysian; adolescents; emotion regulation; reliability; validity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Emotional Regulation*
Humans
Malaysia
Psychometrics
Quality of Life / psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education through the Transdisciplinary Research Grant Scheme (Project Code: TRGS/1/2020/UKM/01/4/1).