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 |