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El Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) es un instrumento desarrollado para investigar los procesos cognitivos que las personas utilizan luego de experimentar un evento negativo. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue validar el CERQ en universitarios de la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Luego de efectuar una traducción de los ítems, se efectuó una prueba piloto para posteriormente administrar la escala a 359 estudiantes universitarios seleccionados en forma accidental. Mediante análisis factorial confirmatorio se contrastó el modelo original de 9 factores con un modelo alternativo de 2 factores de segundo orden (estrategias adaptativas versus desadaptativas). El modelo de 9 factores presentó un mayor ajuste, el cual mejoró al re-especificar la saturación de dos reactivos. En términos generales, los resultados sugieren que las estrategias cognitivas de regulación emocional se explicarían mejor considerándolas de manera diferenciada más que como un conjunto de estrategias agrupadas a partir de su adaptabilidad. Los índices de consistencia interna obtenidos son aceptables y semejantes a los reportados en estudios antecedentes y las evidencias de validez de criterio, obtenidas al correlacionar los puntajes del CERQ con medidas de Emociones Positivas, Emociones Negativas e Interferencia Emocional, fueron teóricamente coherentes. Palabras clave: regulación emocional, CERQ, análisis factorial, consistencia interna, universitariosThe Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) is a scale developed to evaluate the cognitive processes that individuals use after experiencing a negative event. The aim of the present study was to validate the CERQ in university students of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. After translating the items, a pilot test was performed, and subsequently the scale was administrated to 359 students accidentally selected. Through confirmatory factor analysis, the original model of 9 factors was compared with an alternative second-order factor model (adaptive and maladaptive strategies). The 9 dimensions model presented a better fit, which improved when re-specifying 2 items. Results suggest that the cognitive emotion regulation strategies would be better explained when considering them in a differentiated way instead of as a set of strategies grouped based on their adaptability. The indexes of internal consistency obtained are acceptable and similar to those reported in precedent studies and the evidences of test-criteria relationships, obtained by correlating the scores of CERQ with measures of Positive Emotions, Negative Emotions and Emotional Interference, were theoretically coherent.Keywords: emotional regulation, CERQ, factorial analysis, internal consistency, university students Las emociones componen una columna vertebral psicológica que guía al individuo en su vida cotidiana. Constituyen, sin duda, una parte esencial de las formas de relacionarse e interpretar estímulos. Un aspecto fundamental de las emociones que se ha desarrollado y estudiado en la actualidad hace refere...

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Background The COVID-19 disease has changed people’s work and income. While recent evidence has documented the adverse impact of these changes on mental health outcomes, most research is focused on frontline healthcare workers and the reported association between income loss and mental health comes from high-income countries. In this study we examine the impact of changes in working conditions and income loss related to the COVID-19 lockdown on workers’ mental health in Argentina. We also explore the role of psychological detachment from work and work-family interaction in mental health. Methods A total of 1049 participants aged between 18 and 65 who were working before the national lockdown in March 2020 were recruited using a national random telephone survey. Work conditions included: working at the usual workplace during the pandemic, working from home with flexible or fixed schedules, and being unemployed or unable to work due to the pandemic. Measures of financial hardship included income loss and self-reported financial problems related to the outbreak. Work-family interface included measures of work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC). Mental health outcomes included burnout, life satisfaction, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Data were collected in October 2020. Results Home-based telework under fixed schedules and unemployment impact negatively on mental health. Income loss and particularly self-reported financial problems were also associated with deterioration of mental health. More than half of the participants reported financial problems, and those who became unemployed during the pandemic experienced more often financial problems. Finally, psychological detachment from work positively influenced mental health; WFC and FWC were found to negatively impact on mental health. Conclusions Countries’ policies should focus on supporting workers facing economic hardships and unemployment to ameliorate the COVID-19’ negative impact on mental health. Organisations can protect employees’ mental health by actively encouraging psychological detachment from work and by help managing work-family interface. Longitudinal studies are needed to more thoroughly assess the long-term impact of the COVID-19-related changes in work and economic turndown on mental health issues.