Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)

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1.    When I want to feel more positive emotion (such as joy or amusement)‚ I change what I’m thinking about.
2.    I keep my emotions to myself.
3.    When I want to feel less negative emotion (such as sadness or anger)‚ I change what I’m thinking about.
4.    When I am feeling positive emotions‚ I am careful not to express them.
5.    When I’m faced with a stressful situation‚ I make myself think about it in a way that helps me stay calm.
6.    I control my emotions by not expressing them.
7.    When I want to feel more positive emotion‚ I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.
8.    I control my emotions by changing the way I think about the situation I’m in.
9.    When I am feeling negative emotions‚ I make sure not to express them.
10.When I want to feel less negative emotion‚ I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.
 
A 10-item scale designed to measure respondents’ tendency to regulate their emotions in two ways: (1) Cognitive Reappraisal and (2) Expressive Suppression. Respondentsanswer each item on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7(strongly agree).
Seven point Likert-type scale; 1= Strongly disagree‚ 4= neutral‚ 7= strongly agree
Cognitive reappraisal (of emotions) Items 1‚ 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 10
Expressive suppression (of emotions) Items 2‚ 4‚ 6‚ 9
 
 

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mohammad looti (2026). Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-erq/

mohammad looti. "Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 23 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-erq/.

mohammad looti. "Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-erq/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-erq/.

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  1. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)
  2. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ-D-FK)
  3. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)
  4. Emotion-Regulation Skills Questionnaire (ERSQ)
  5. Contextualized Emotion Regulation Survey for Adolescents (CERSA)
  6. Adolescents’ Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire–Extended (AERSQ-E)
  7. Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC)
  8. Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
  9. Bochum Assessment of Avoidance-based Emotion Regulation for Children (BAER-C)
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