Razi Journal of Medical Sciences

Aim: This study was performed aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of Behavioral activation and Behavioral inhibition systems scale in nonclinical groups. Method: The study population were from Urmia and Kharazmi University, among which 368 and 472 respectively selected as the final sample. For determine the psychometric properties of Behavioral activation and Behavioral inhibition systems scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was used. Then reliability of this scale were measured through the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, retest, and splitting, as well as criterion validity its was examined with positive and negative affect scale sensitivity to punishment and reward Scale. Results: The results of the exploratory factor analysis, four factors were obtained. Also fit indictors in confirmatory factor analysis was supported from four-factor model. Alpha coefficients, retest and splitting Showed satisfactory internal consistency, and patterns of correlation coefficients between subscales Persian version of Behavioral activation and Behavioral inhibition systems with positive and negative affect scale and sensitivity to punishment and reward Scale showed good criterion validity for this scale. Conclusion: The findings of the present study was similar to original culture, therefore the Persian version of Behavioral activation and Behavioral inhibition systems scale is a good tool for assessment characteristics consistent with BAS and BIS system and their subscales.

Background: Depression disorder as one of the most common psychiatric disorders involves a wide range of symptoms, and behavioral brain systems and emotion regulation strategies can serve as an effective framework for predicting these symptoms. The aim of this study was to examination of association between behavioral inhibition/activation systems and positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies with depression symptoms in patients with major depression disorder.
Methods: The statistical population included all male patients with depression disorder in Razi hospital. The sample consisted of 60 depressed patients that were sampled by criterion sampling. For collecting the data, Carver and White’s behavioral inhibition/activation questionnaire (BIS/BAS), Garnefski’s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ) and Beck depression inventory (BDI-II). The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis.
Results: The results showed that thebehavioral inhibition systems and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies had a positive relationship with the all of affective, cognitive, somatic and total score of depression symptoms (p<0.01), but behavioral activation systems and positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies had a negative relationship with them (p<0.01). Also, the result of multiple regression showed that the behavioral inhibition/activationsystems and cognitive emotion regulation strategies had a significant role in predict of depression symptoms (p<0.01).
Conclusion: This findings showed that brain/behavioral systems and emotion regulation strategies have an important role in the psychopathology of depression disorders symptoms and can be an important therapeutic target for treatment of patients with depression disorder.