Replication Data for: Psychometric properties of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) measures two emotional regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Although widely used, there is no much information about the way both strategies relate to alexithymia and empathy, in addition the psychometric properties of the ERQ in a Mexican sample are unknown. We examined such psychometric properties in a Mexican sample (N = 792), characterizing also the way both strategies relate with alexithymia and empathy utilizing the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Confirmatory factor analyses corroborated the two-factor model. Each factor showed acceptable levels of Cronbach’s alpha reliability scores. Cognitive reappraisal scores correlated negatively with alexithymia and positively with higher empathy measures, while expressive suppression correlated positively with alexithymia and personal distress, and negatively with perspective taking and empathic concern. Although, both strategies correlated with most of the alexithymia and empathy subscales, the strength of these correlations was different, cognitive reappraisal correlated more strongly with both cognitive empathy scales and with empathic concern; whereas expressive suppression showed stronger correlations with personal distress and all the alexithymia scales. Furthermore, the relation between cognitive reappraisal and perspective taking seems to be moderated by empathic concern. Our findings suggest that the ERQ has strong psychometric properties in a Mexican sample and its use in conjunction with other tests can complement the assessment of affective traits.

情绪调节问卷（Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, ERQ）用于评估认知重评（cognitive reappraisal）与表达抑制（expressive suppression）两种情绪调节策略。尽管该问卷已得到广泛应用，但目前针对这两种策略与述情障碍、共情之间的关联机制尚缺乏充分研究，且ERQ在墨西哥人群样本中的心理测量学属性也尚未明确。本研究以样本量N=792的墨西哥受试者为研究对象，对ERQ的心理测量学属性进行了检验，并借助多伦多述情障碍量表（Toronto Alexithymia Scale）与人际反应指针量表（Interpersonal Reactivity Index），分析了两种情绪调节策略与述情障碍、共情之间的关联模式。验证性因子分析证实了ERQ的双因子模型结构，各因子的克朗巴赫α（Cronbach’s alpha）信度系数均处于可接受水平。认知重评得分与述情障碍呈负相关，与共情相关量表得分呈正相关；表达抑制得分则与述情障碍、个人痛苦呈正相关，与观点采择、共情关注呈负相关。尽管两种情绪调节策略均与多数述情障碍、共情子量表存在关联，但相关强度存在显著差异：认知重评与认知共情两个子量表及共情关注的相关性更强，而表达抑制与个人痛苦及所有述情障碍量表的相关性更为显著。此外，认知重评与观点采择之间的关联似乎受到共情关注的调节作用。本研究结果表明，ERQ在墨西哥人群样本中具备良好的心理测量学属性，将其与其他测评工具联合使用，可为情感特质评估提供补充依据。