Muhammad Akram Uzzaman AKM Rezaul Karim Md Mostafizur Rahman
Jagannath University, Bangladesh University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Anderson Centre for Autism,
NY, USA
Earlier research showed that cognitive emotion regulation implicitly and explicitly
influences our behavior rigorously due to its vast function in controlling the cognition (e.
g., Ochsner & Gross, 2005;Abdi, 2007). Despite the significance of this phenomenon in
research, few validation studies have been done in other cultures after the development
of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) by Garnefski et al. (2002).
So, contemplating this point of view, the intent of the present study was to translate
the CERQ into Bangla and validate in Bangladeshi culture extensively. A total of 1000
participants (49.25% males & 50.75% females) participated in the study. Exploratory
Factor Analysis (EFA) which was done on sample 1 (n = 500) identified a four-factor of
the CERQ with 23 items. When analyzed the data for sample 2 (n = 500) in Confirmatory
Factor Analysis (CFA) it was revealed that the four-factor model with 23 items is an
acceptable model fit [χ 2 (221) = 580.99, RMSEA = .06; RMR = .10; CFI = .90, GFI =
.90] to the data. Moreover, the CERQ showed good internal consistency (α = .85 for
the ACERQ part and .80 for the LACERQ part), strong convergent, and discriminant
validity. Therefore, the Bangla version CERQ comes into sight to be valid and reliable
and consequently may be used at a greater distance in future research on cognitive
emotion regulation in the country.