The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Specific to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The factor structure, measurement invariance, and external validity of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-short (CERQ-short) specific to the COVID-19 pandemic was examined using data from 3,788 adult Filipinos. The nine-factor CERQ-short was confirmed and was tested invariant across gender and age groups. The CERQ factors correlate theoretically with stress and affect.

Keywords:

• Cognitive emotion regulation
• CERQ-short
• measurement invariance
• COVID-19

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Cherry E. Frondozo

Cherry E. Frondozo is a PhD candidate from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on emotions and emotion regulation in assessment contexts.

Norman B. Mendoza

Norman B. Mendoza is a PhD candidate from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. He will soon commence his RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the same university. His research is focused on the psychosocial mechanisms that influence students’ self-directed learning practices and the adaptive school outcomes such practices predict.

John Ian Wilzon T. Dizon

John Ian Wilzon T. Dizon is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology of the Angeles University Foundation and an incoming Research Assistant at the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include suicide research, mental health, and well-being outcomes.

Jet U. Buenconsejo

Jet U. Buenconsejo is a PhD candidate from the Department of Special Education and Counselling of the Education University of Hong Kong, working on research projects related to Positive Youth Development. As a psychometrician and psychologist in the Philippines, he handled youth and adult cases with psychosocial concerns.