The DOI matches its Crossref record; 29 of the 29 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation: initial scale development and implications.
Abstract
A scale measuring generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation (NMR) was developed. The construct was defined as the expectancy that some behavior or cognition will alleviate a negative mood state. Data from five samples of college undergraduates (N = 1,630) were reported. Internal consistency, discriminant validity from social desirability, and temporal stability were demonstrated for a 30-item scale derived from an initial pool of 50 items. Further analyses revealed (a) modest correlations of the 30-item scale with internal-external control, (b) that high scorers on the NMR scale reported few symptoms of depression, and (c) that the NMR scale predicted a different pattern of emotions than the Beck Depression Inventory did. Discussion focused on possible roles for expectancies for negative mood regulation in the coping process and directions for future research on the mood regulation process.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Citations
Cites
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Tellegen, A. (1988) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.54.6.1063 · Cited by 32,433
“Stress: appraisal and coping,”
Folkman, S. (2013) · Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_215 · Cited by 27,833
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
Rotter, J. B. (1966) · Psychological Monographs: General and Applied · doi:10.1037/h0092976 · Cited by 21,937
Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation
Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Carbin, M. G. (1988) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/0272-7358(88)90050-5 · Cited by 11,696
Bower, G. H. (1981) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.36.2.129 · Cited by 4,154
Social learning and clinical psychology.
Rotter, J. B. (1954) · Prentice-Hall, Inc eBooks · doi:10.1037/10788-000 · Cited by 4,086
Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality
Mischel, W. (1973) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0035002 · Cited by 3,181
Anxiety, sensitivity, anxiety frequency, and the prediction of fearfulness
Reiss, S., Peterson, R. A., Gursky, D. M., & McNally, R. J. (1986) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(86)90143-9 · Cited by 3,169
Automatic and effortful processes in memory.
Hasher, L., & Zacks, R. T. (1979) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/0096-3445.108.3.356 · Cited by 2,812
Blaney, P. H. (1986) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.99.2.229 · Cited by 1,739
Rotter, J. B. (1975) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0076301 · Cited by 1,731
Toward a consensual structure of mood
Watson, D., & Tellegen, A. (1985) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037//0033-2909.98.2.219 · Cited by 1,170
Response expectancy as a determinant of experience and behavior.
Kirsch, I. (1985) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.40.11.1189 · Cited by 1,009
Short Form of Depression Inventory: Cross-Validation
Beck, A. T., Rial, W. Y., & Rickels, K. (1974) · Psychological Reports · doi:10.1177/003329417403403s01 · Cited by 807
A schedule for assessing self-control behaviors: Preliminary findings
ROSENBAUM, M. S. (1980) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(80)80040-2 · Cited by 738
The Comparison of Regression Variables
Williams, E. J. (1959) · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1959.tb00346.x · Cited by 543
(2015) · Psychological Reports · doi:10.2466/pr0.117.3.i-xi · Cited by 449
The procrastination of everyday life.
Milgram, N. A., Sroloff, B., & Rosenbaum, M. (1988) · Journal of Research in Personality · doi:10.1016/0092-6566(88)90015-3 · Cited by 201
‘What's the thing to do when you're feeling depressed?’ — a pilot study
Rippere, V. (1977) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(77)90104-8 · Cited by 189
On differentiating shame and shyness
Mosher, D. L., & White, B. B. (1981) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/bf00993662 · Cited by 58
Antidepressive behaviour: A preliminary report
Rippere, V. (1976) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(76)90004-8 · Cited by 46
Perceived locus of control and personal adjustment.
Warehime, R. G., & Foulds, M. L. (1971) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0031953 · Cited by 45
Scaling the helpfulness of antidepressive activities
Rippere, V. (1979) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(79)90060-3 · Cited by 41
Zuroff, D. C. (1980) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.39.1.130 · Cited by 33
Self-initiated attempts to cope with depression
Doerfler, L. A., & Richards, C. S. (1981) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/bf01173688 · Cited by 32
Children and affect: Strategies for self-regulation and sex differences in sadness.
Franko, D. L., Powers, T. A., Zuroff, D. C., & Moskowitz, D. S. (1985) · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03435.x · Cited by 27
New Validity, Normative, and Scoring Data for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
Lah, M. I. (1989) · Journal of Personality Assessment · doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa5303_17 · Cited by 22
The Sentence Completion Method
Watson, R. I. (1978) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-2490-4_8 · Cited by 21
Thinking styles and coping strategies of depressed women: an empirical investigation
Burns, D. D., Shaw, B. F., & Croker, W. (1987) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(87)90049-0 · Cited by 21
Research works printed but not linked: 10
- 10.1037//0033-2909.99.2.229 · DOI
- 10.1037//0003-066X.36.2.129 · DOI · Paper page
- Crowne, D. P. & Marlowe, D. (1964). The approval motive.New York: Wiley.
- Hasher L., 1979, General, 108, 356
- 10.1037//0003-066X.40.11.1189 · DOI
- Mearns, J. (1989). Expenancy for negative mod regulation and mood recovery following the end oj a romantic relationship. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
- Phares, E. J. (1976). L o w of control in personality.Morristown, MJ: General Learning Press.
- Rotter, J. B., Chance, J. E., 6r Phares, E. J. (Eds.). (1972). Applications of a social learning t h of personality.New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
- 10.1037/0033-2909.98.2.219 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037//0022-3514.39.1.130 · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Gross, J. J., & John, O. P. (2003) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.348 · Cited by 11,929
The emerging field of emotion regulation: an integrative review
Gross, J. J. (1998) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.2.3.271 · Cited by 9,916
Gratz, K. L., & Roemer, L. (2004) · Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment · doi:10.1023/b:joba.0000007455.08539.94 · Cited by 8,942
Salovey, P., Mayer, J. D., Goldman, S. L., Turvey, C., & Palfai, T. P. (1995) · Emotion, disclosure, & health. · doi:10.1037/10182-006 · Cited by 2,375
The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measure
Simons, J. S., & Gaher, R. M. (2005) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/s11031-005-7955-3 · Cited by 1,730
Metadata
- Authors
- Catanzaro, S., & Mearns, J.
- Affiliations
- Illinois State University (US)
- ORCID
- Mearns, Jack
- Venue
- Journal of Personality Assessment
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1990-06-01
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 546-563
- ISSN
- 0022-3891 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1966484138
- Cited by
- 609
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 30
- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- American Psychological Association
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- negative mood regulation, expectancy, scale development, mood regulation, coping, depression, internal-external locus of control, Beck Depression Inventory, undergraduate students
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Depression, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Personality Tests, Problem Solving, Psychometrics, Reference Values, Set, Psychology, Social Behavior
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
