Ala Ghapanchi, Imaneh Abasi, Katharine A Rimes, Maryam Bitarafan, Hamid Zarabi, Fatemeh Sara Derakhshan, Mohammad Kamran Derakhshan, Sepideh Ghanadanzadeh, Helena Whitley, Alireza Shamsi
Objective: This research is primarily conducted to determine the psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Emotions Scale (BES) in community and clinical samples. The BES is a scale measure used for evaluating individuals' beliefs in terms of how acceptable it is for them to experience and express their emotions. Method : This study was conducted on two separate samples. In the first part, 300 individuals were selected from a general sample in Tehran using the quota sampling method. For the second part of the study, we used purposive sampling to gather data from 119 patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and 121 patients from Somatic Symptoms Disorder (SSD), whose disorders were diagnosed based on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria...
January 2024: Iranian Journal of Psychiatry