The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)

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

Domains
Self Management,
Social Awareness
Subdomain

Cognitive Reappraisal, Expressive Suppression, Emotion Regulation

Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English

Administration Information

Length
10 items
Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

gross@stanford.edu
(650) 723-1281

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

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 Psychology48(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 Assessment34(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 Exercise13(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 Psychology51(2), 223-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.2011.02022.x

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

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 Psychology67(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 Psychology9(6), 751-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2012.690604

Item Type
Likert

Psychometric Considerations

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