Investigating measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-8 
(ERQ-8) across 29 countries

Burghart, Matthias; Sahm, Alexander H. J.; Mier, Daniela

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-04220-6

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Investigating measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-8 (ERQ-8) across 29 countries

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Burghart, M., Sahm, A. H. J., & Mier, D. (2023). Investigating measurement invariance of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-8 (ERQ-8) across 29 countries. Current Psychology, 42(36), 32054-32060. doi:10.1007/s12144-022-04220-6.

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Abstract

The widely used Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) measures the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Recently, a more economical 8-item version of the ERQ was proposed that showed good model fit. We assessed whether the latent constructs of the ERQ-8 are generalizable across different countries and cultures. To this end, we used data from the COVIDiSTRESS survey and investigated measurement invariance of the ERQ-8 in a large sample that included 11,288 individuals from 29 countries with diverse cultural backgrounds. Our analyses revealed configural and metric invariance of the ERQ-8 in 14 countries. The results suggest that emotion regulation strategies may not readily converge across all cultures. This underscores the importance of testing measurement invariance before interpreting observed differences and similarities between countries.