About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait) |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Emotion regulation strategies of cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation strategies of expressive suppression |
| Description | The ERQ-CA comprises 10 items assessing the emotion regulation strategies of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. |
| Example | When I want to feel happier, I think about something different |
| Link | Contact author at Eleonora.Gullone@monash.edu |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 10 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 9-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Available from a |
| Cost per child | Available from a |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .69-.86 |
| Test retest | 12 months, r= [.37,.63] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Modified Single-factor model n=827 CFI= .97 RMSEA= .05 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [-.26,.37] with Child Depression Inventory; r= [-.37,-.28] with Big-Five Questionnaire for Children (BFQ-C); r= [-.18,.15] with Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Gullone, E., & Taffe, J. (2012). The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ–CA): A psychometric evaluation. Psychological Assessment, 24(2), 409–417. doi:10.1037/a0025777 Liu, W., Chen, L., & Tu, X. (2015). Chinese adaptation of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ‐CCA): A psychometric evaluation in Chinese children. International Journal of Psychology. doi:10.1002/ijop.12233 Gullone, E., Hughes, E. K., King, N. J., & Tonge, B. (2010). The normative development of emotion regulation strategy use in children and adolescents: A 2‐year follow‐up study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(5), 567-574. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02183.x Betts, J., Gullone, E., & Allen, J. S. (2009). An examination of emotion regulation, temperament, and parenting style as potential predictors of adolescent depression risk status: A correlational study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27(2), 473-485. doi:10.1348/026151008x314900 |