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Validation Of The South Korean Version Of The Beliefs About Emotions Scale, Gahyun Park, Jeong Han Kim, Dong Hun Lee
Validation Of The South Korean Version Of The Beliefs About Emotions Scale, Gahyun Park, Jeong Han Kim, Dong Hun Lee
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Background
Beliefs about the unacceptability of experiencing or expressing negative emotions can contribute to diverse psychological symptoms and associated with poor treatment outcomes and low treatment attempts. The Beliefs about Emotions Scale (BES) was developed to assess such beliefs based on the cognitive-behavioral models; however, no study has reported on the psychometric properties of the BES in Korea. The present study aimed to cross-culturally adapt and validate the BES for the Korean population (BES-K).
Methods
The BES-K was administered to 592 Korean adults (323 men and 269 women) aged 20–59 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess …