Cognitive emotion regulation strategies questionnaire (CERQ)
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The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) is a 36-item self-report measure designed to assess individual differences in cognitive regulation of emotions in response to stressful, threatening, or traumatic life events. It contains nine conceptually distinct subscales: five adaptive strategy subscales (acceptance, positive refocusing, refocusing on planning, positive reappraisal, and putting into perspective) and four maladaptive strategies subscales (self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and blaming others). Responses to the items are measured on a five-point Likert scale with a range from 1 [(almost) never] to 5 [(almost) always]; a higher subscale score indicates greater use of a specific cognitive strategy. The CERQ has shown excellent reliability and validity [