The ERQ (Gross & John, 2003) comprises 10 items assessing the ER strategies of CR (6 items) and ES (4 items). Items are rated on a 7-point Likert-type response scale. Higher scores on each scale indicate greater use of the corresponding ER strategy.
Content
Cognitive Reappraisal, Expressive Suppression, Emotion Regulation
Administration Information
Access and Use
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Gross, J.J., & John, O.P. (2003). Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 348-362. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.348
Phillips, L. H., Saldias, A., McCarrey, A., Henry, J. D., Scott, C., Summers, F., & Whyte, M. (2009). Attentional lapses, emotional regulation and quality of life in multiple sclerosis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(1), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466508X379566
Salsman, N. L., & Linehan, M. M. (2012). An investigation of the relationships among negative affect, difficulties in emotion regulation, and features of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(2), 260-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9275-8
Uphill, M. A., Lane, A. M., & Jones, M. V. (2012). Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for use with athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13(6), 761-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.05.001
Williams, A. D., Grisham, J. R., Erskine, A., & Cassedy, E. (2012). Deficits in emotion regulation associated with pathological gambling. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51(2), 223-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.2011.02022.x
Psychometrics
Ioannidis, C. A., &; Siegling, A. B. (2015). Criterion and incremental validity of the emotion regulation questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00247
Melka, S. E., Lancaster, S. L., Bryant, A. R., & Rodriguez, B. F. (2011). Confirmatory factor and measurement invariance analyses of the emotion regulation questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(12), 1283-1293. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20836
Preece, D. A., Becerra, R., Robinson, K., & Gross, J. J. (2019). The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric properties in general community samples. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102(3), 348-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2018.1564319
Sala, M. N., Molina, P., Abler, B., Kessler, H., Vanbrabant, L., & van de Schoot, R. (2012). Measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). A cross-national validity study. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9(6), 751-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2012.690604