Analysis

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a psychometric tool designed to assess the strategies individuals use to regulate their emotions. The ERQ mainly focuses on two emotion regulation strategies: cognitive reappraisal, which involves altering the emotional impact of a situation by changing its mental interpretation, and expressive suppression, which involves efforts to suppress or hide the external signs of emotions.

Objective

The main objective of the ERQ is to provide a reliable and valid measurement of the emotion regulation strategies that individuals use.

Scoring

The ERQ consists of 10 statements that evaluate the two main emotion regulation strategies: Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression. Participants are asked to indicate the degree to which they agree with each statement using a 7-point Likert scale, from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 7 (Strongly agree).

References

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