The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample
Background: Difficulties in emotion regulation are a key risk factor for affective disorders. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item measure of two emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is widely used tool in the United States, however,...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
ELSEVIER
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93747 |
| _version_ | 1848765778211373056 |
|---|---|
| author | Preece, David Becerra, R. Hasking, Penelope McEvoy, Peter Boyes, Mark Sauer-Zavala, S. Chen, Wai Gross, J.J. |
| author_facet | Preece, David Becerra, R. Hasking, Penelope McEvoy, Peter Boyes, Mark Sauer-Zavala, S. Chen, Wai Gross, J.J. |
| author_sort | Preece, David |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Background: Difficulties in emotion regulation are a key risk factor for affective disorders. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item measure of two emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is widely used tool in the United States, however, most psychometric studies of the ERQ have so far been conducted with college students and some researchers have recently questioned its factorial validity in non-student samples. In this study, we conducted the first confirmatory factor analysis study of the ERQ in a United States general community sample. Method: We examined the ERQ's factor structure, measurement invariance across age, education and gender categories, internal consistency reliability, and concurrent validity with a sample of 508 adults. Results: The intended two-factor model (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression) was an excellent fit to the data, and this structure was invariant across different age, education, and gender categories. Both ERQ scale scores had good omega and alpha reliabilities, and correlated as expected with depression and anxiety symptoms. Cognitive reappraisal was negatively correlated with these symptoms, whereas expressive suppression was positively correlated with these symptoms. Limitations: We did not include a clinical sample and future psychometric studies of the ERQ in specialised clinical populations would be useful. Conclusions: The ERQ appears to have strong psychometric properties when used with general community members from the United States. ERQ scores can be confidently used and compared across adults of different ages, genders, and educational backgrounds. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:40:39Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-93747 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:40:39Z |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | ELSEVIER |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-937472023-12-20T03:13:12Z The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample Preece, David Becerra, R. Hasking, Penelope McEvoy, Peter Boyes, Mark Sauer-Zavala, S. Chen, Wai Gross, J.J. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure Psychometric United States General community Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure General community Psychometric United States Adult Affective Symptoms Emotional Regulation Female Humans Male Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Reproducibility of Results Affective Symptoms Psychometrics Adult Female Male Surveys and Questionnaires Emotional Regulation Background: Difficulties in emotion regulation are a key risk factor for affective disorders. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item measure of two emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is widely used tool in the United States, however, most psychometric studies of the ERQ have so far been conducted with college students and some researchers have recently questioned its factorial validity in non-student samples. In this study, we conducted the first confirmatory factor analysis study of the ERQ in a United States general community sample. Method: We examined the ERQ's factor structure, measurement invariance across age, education and gender categories, internal consistency reliability, and concurrent validity with a sample of 508 adults. Results: The intended two-factor model (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression) was an excellent fit to the data, and this structure was invariant across different age, education, and gender categories. Both ERQ scale scores had good omega and alpha reliabilities, and correlated as expected with depression and anxiety symptoms. Cognitive reappraisal was negatively correlated with these symptoms, whereas expressive suppression was positively correlated with these symptoms. Limitations: We did not include a clinical sample and future psychometric studies of the ERQ in specialised clinical populations would be useful. Conclusions: The ERQ appears to have strong psychometric properties when used with general community members from the United States. ERQ scores can be confidently used and compared across adults of different ages, genders, and educational backgrounds. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93747 10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.071 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ELSEVIER fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure Psychometric United States General community Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure General community Psychometric United States Adult Affective Symptoms Emotional Regulation Female Humans Male Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Reproducibility of Results Affective Symptoms Psychometrics Adult Female Male Surveys and Questionnaires Emotional Regulation Preece, David Becerra, R. Hasking, Penelope McEvoy, Peter Boyes, Mark Sauer-Zavala, S. Chen, Wai Gross, J.J. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title_full | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title_fullStr | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title_short | The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample |
| title_sort | emotion regulation questionnaire: psychometric properties and relations with affective symptoms in a united states general community sample |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Clinical Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences & Neurology Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure Psychometric United States General community Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Factor structure General community Psychometric United States Adult Affective Symptoms Emotional Regulation Female Humans Male Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Reproducibility of Results Affective Symptoms Psychometrics Adult Female Male Surveys and Questionnaires Emotional Regulation |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93747 |