title: Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ): Scale Development and Psychometric Characteristics.
abstract: Despite the popularity of emotion regulation in the contemporary literature, research has almost exclusively focused on onlyintrapersonalprocesses, whereas much less attention has been placed ininterpersonalemotion regulation processes. In order to encourage research on interpersonal emotion regulation, we present a series of 4 studies to develop the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ). The final scale consists of 20 items with 4 factors containing 5 items each. The 4 factors are:Enhancing Positive Affect; Perspective Taking; Soothing; andSocial Modeling. The scale shows excellent psychometric characteristics. Implications for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Boston University.
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.affiliation: Boston University.
authors.forename: Joseph K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.affiliation: Boston University.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Curtiss
keywords: Emotion; anxiety; classification; depression; emotion regulation; interpersonal; mood