Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a self-report measure designed to assess commonly used strategies for regulating emotional experiences. The questionnaire focuses on two primary emotion regulation strategies: cognitive reappraisal, which involves changing the way a situation is interpreted in order to influence its emotional impact, and expressive suppression, which involves inhibiting the outward expression of emotions. The ERQ is widely used in psychological research to examine individual differences in emotion regulation and its relationship with psychological adjustment, emotional well-being, and coping. In the present research context, the questionnaire was used to assess emotion regulation strategies among young adults and to examine their associations with adverse childhood experiences, cognitive flexibility, and self-compassion. The questionnaire is provided as a research instrument associated with the corresponding research dataset.