Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)

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1.    When I want to feel happier‚ I think about something different
2.    I keep my feelings to myself.
3.    When I want to feel less bad (e.g.‚ sad‚ angry or worried). I think about something different.
4.    When I am feeling happy‚ I am careful not to show it.
5.    When I’m worried about something‚ I make myself think about it in a way that helps me feel better.
6.    I control my feelings by not showing them.
7.    When I want to feel happier about something‚ I change the way I’m thinking about it.
8.    I control my feelings about things by changing the way I think about them.
9.    When I’m feeling bad (e.g. sad‚ angry‚ or worried). I’m careful not to show it.
10.When I want to feel less bad (e.g. sad‚ angry‚ or worried) about something‚ I change the way I’m thinking about it
1 = strongly disagree‚ 2 = disagree‚ 3 = half and half‚ 4 = agree‚ 5 = strongly agree
Reappraisal (items 1‚ 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8 and 10) and suppression (items 2‚ 4‚ 6 and 9)

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mohammad looti (2026). Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-for-children-and-adolescents-erq-ca/

mohammad looti. "Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 23 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-for-children-and-adolescents-erq-ca/.

mohammad looti. "Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-for-children-and-adolescents-erq-ca/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/emotion-regulation-questionnaire-for-children-and-adolescents-erq-ca/.

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Related terms:

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