The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Prediction of Posttraumatic Consequences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chilean Adults

Felipe E. García (), Pablo Vergara-Barra, Pablo Concha-Ponce, Mariela Andrades, Paulina Rincón and Mauricio Valdivia-Devia
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Felipe E. García: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4070409, Chile
Pablo Vergara-Barra: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4070409, Chile
Pablo Concha-Ponce: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3465548, Chile
Mariela Andrades: Escuela de Psicología y Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago 8370292, Chile
Paulina Rincón: Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4070386, Chile
Mauricio Valdivia-Devia: Academia de Ciencias Policiales, Carabineros de Chile, Santiago 7591168, Chile

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is widely used to assess the use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression strategies to regulate negative emotions. The present study evaluates the psychometric properties, reliability and validity of a Chilean adaptation of the ERQ in a large sample of 1543 participants aged between 18 and 87 (38% male, 62% female). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed the expected two-factor structure and factorial invariance in relation to gender. Results also indicated adequate internal consistency, test–retest reliability, convergent and predictive validity in predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth six months after the first measurement in a subsample of students exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of reappraisal was positively associated with general well-being, whereas the use of suppression was positively associated with depressive symptomatology. In terms of posttraumatic consequences, the use of reappraisal was negatively associated with posttraumatic symptomatology and positively associated with posttraumatic growth six months later; in turn, suppression was positively associated with posttraumatic symptomatology and negatively associated with posttraumatic growth six months later. This study demonstrates that the ERQ is a valid and reliable instrument to measure emotional regulation strategies in Chilean adults.

Keywords: coronavirus; posttraumatic stress symptoms; posttraumatic growth; expressive suppression; cognitive reappraisal; predictive validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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