Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

Abstract

The aim of this study was to validate a Spanish version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-S), originally developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven. To date, it is the only available instrument that permits a conceptually pure quantification of cognitive strategies of emotional regulation. A sample of 615 students (25% men; 75% women) completed the CERQ-S. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that, as in the original version, a nine-factor model also explained the data collected with the Spanish version. However, an alternative model that integrates the nine dimensions in two second-order factors shows appropriate global fit indices and has interesting implications. Likewise, the results of the present study are comparable with those obtained in previous work with measures of depression, anxiety, and anger, and increase support for the validity of this instrument for assessing normalized affective states.

Examination of Adaptive and Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies as Transdiagnostic Processes: Associations With Diverse Psychological Symptoms in College Students

“…These results offer support for a lower use of adaptive strategies in psychopathology, contrasting with previous null results in the literature (Domínguez-Sánchez et al, 2013). Nevertheless, the findings also suggest that adaptive strategies are less relevant for psychopathology symptoms than maladaptive strategies.…”

“…Past research has given adaptive strategies a less predominant role in psychopathology when compared with maladaptive strategies (Aldao & NolenHoeksema, 2010;Domínguez-Sánchez et al, 2013), while other studies have demonstrated the opposite (Kelly et al, 2012;Min et al, 2013). One main strong point of our research is that we compared differences in a wide range of symptoms while analyzing a diversity of adaptive and maladaptive strategies.…”

“…Furthermore, the validity and original factor structure of the CERQ have been successfully replicated across samples in several countries (Domínguez-Sánchez et al, 2013;Jermann et al, 2006;Martin & Dahlen, 2005;Tuna & Bozo, 2012;Zhu et al, 2008).…”

“…As for adaptive strategies, the converse would be expected (i.e., reliable negative associations with psychopathology) but this finding is less consistent. In some studies, no relation between adaptive strategies and psychopathology is reported (Domínguez-Sánchez et al, 2013;Ehring, Tuschen-Caffier, Schnülle, Fischer, & Gross, 2010;Green et al, 2011). In a meta-analytic review, using normative and clinical samples, adaptive strategies were found to be associated with decreased psychopathology, but the associations had small to medium effect sizes (Aldao, Nolen-Hoeksema, & Schweizer, 2010).…”

“…There is some support for the distinction between adaptive (e.g., reappraisal) and maladaptive (e.g., rumination) cognitive emotion regulation strategies (Aldao, 2012;Domínguez-Sánchez et al, 2013;Jermann et al, 2006;Werner & Gross, 2010, cf. Campos, Walle, Dahl, & Main, 2011Tuna & Bozo, 2012).…”