F1

F2

F3

Factor 1: Emotional Suppression (α = .82)

I hid my negative feelings at all costs

I tried to control negative feelings by myself

I tried to keep negative feelings to myself

I did not tell my negative feelings to others

Factor 2: Positive Reappraisal (α = .81)

I tried to learn something from experiences in order to have positive feelings

In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried to think that the experience would be beneficial to me when I get over it

In order to have positive feelings, I tried to look for good aspects of things that were happening to me

In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried to regard the incident as a good experience

Factor 3: Emotional Expression (α = .75)

In order to have positive feelings, I did something to let my negative feeling out

In order to relieve negative feelings, I tried not to suppress negative feelings inside myself

In order to relieve negative feelings, I did something to show my negative feelings

In order to have positive feelings, I tried not to bottle up negative feelings inside myself

Correlation coefficient F1

F2

.93

.83

.66

.50

.06

−.10

.04

.04

−.03

.03

.00

−.08

?

?

−.01

.02

−.03

.05

.83

.82

.67

.57

.00

.02

−.14

.22

.28

?

.04

−.01

.03

−.14

−.07

−.14

.13

.15

.69

.69

.68

.55

−.17

.18