The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)

A revised version of the ERQ, the ERQ-CA is meant to be used in non-adult samples. Revision of the ERQ visible in the ERQ-CA include simplification of item wording and a switch from a 7-point Likert scale to a 5-point Likert scale.

Content

Domains
Self Management,
Social Awareness
Subdomain

Cognitive Reappraisal, Expressive Suppression, Emotion Regulation

Grades
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
10 items
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Bariola, E., Hughes, E. K., & Gullone, E. (2012). Relationships between parent and child emotion regulation strategy use: A brief report. Journal of Child and Family Studies21(3), 443-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9497-5

Hughes, E. K., Gullone, E., Dudley, A., & Tonge, B. (2010). A case-control study of emotion regulation and school refusal in children and adolescents. The Journal of Early Adolescence30(5), 691-706.https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431609341049

Gresham, D., & Gullone, E. (2012). Emotion regulation strategy use in children and adolescents: The explanatory roles of personality and attachment. Personality and Individual Differences52(5), 616-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.016

Gullone, E., Hughes, E. K., King, N. J., & Tonge, B. (2010). The normative development of emotion regulation strategy use in children and adolescents: A 2‐year follow‐up study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry51(5), 567-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02183.x

Lantrip, C., Isquith, P. K., Koven, N. S., Welsh, K., & Roth, R. M. (2016). Executive function and emotion regulation strategy use in adolescents. Applied Neuropsychology: Child5(1), 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2014.960567

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

Gullone, E., & Taffe, J. (2012). The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ–CA): A psychometric evaluation. Psychological Assessment24(2), 409. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025777

Ng, Z. J., Huebner, E. S., Maydeu-Olivares, A., & Hills, K. J. (2019). Confirmatory factor analytic structure and measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents in a longitudinal sample of adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment37(2), 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282917732891

Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

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