Emotional Regulation

Designed to assess Cognitive Reappraisal (what you feel like inside) and Expressive Suppression ( how you show your emotions in the way you talk, gesture, or behave) after a break-up or loss of a person.

Answer each question using scale = 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (neutral) to 7 (strongly agree).

The higher the score

Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)

1. When I want to feel more positive emotion (such as joy or amusement), I change what I’m thinking about.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2. I keep my emotions to myself.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3. When I want to feel less negative emotion (such as sadness or anger), I change what I’m thinking about.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4. When I am feeling positive emotions, I am careful not to express them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5. When I want to feel more positive emotion, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6. I control my emotions by not expressing them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7. When I want to feel less negative emotion, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8. When I am feeling negative emotions, I make sure not to express them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9. When I want to feel more positive emotion, I change what I’m thinking about.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

10. When I want to feel less negative emotion, I change what I’m thinking about.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Total possible score for Cognitive Reappraisal ranges from 6 to 42
Total possible score for Expressive Suppression ranges from 4 to 28
Scores provide insight into how frequently an individual uses each of these emotion regulation strategies.
Higher scores indicate a greater tendency to employ the respective strategy.

Reference:

https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~johnlab/pdfs/ERQ.pdfence:

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