Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ): indicadores psicométricos e relações com medidas afetivas em amostra idosa

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Abstract

Examinou-se indicadores psicométricos do Questionário de Regulação Emocional (QRE) e suas relações com medidas de experiência afetiva, satisfação com a vida e depressão em idosos. Cento e cinquenta e três idosos (M= 66,8 anos; DP=±5,20, 71,2% feminino) de uma Universidade Aberta à Terceira Idade responderam ao QRE, ao Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) e à escala satisfação com a vida e de depressão (GDS-15). Dois fatores (Reavaliação Cognitiva; Supressão Emocional) explicaram 50,1% da variância e os índices de consistência interna e de estabilidade temporal foram acima de 0,70. Houve relações positivas entre Reavaliação Cognitiva, satisfação com a vida e afetos positivos e relações negativas com depressão. Maior uso da Reavaliação Cognitiva é indicativo de saúde emocional em idosos.

Translated abstract

We examined psychometric indicators of the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and their relationship with measures of affective experience, satisfaction with life and depression in the elderly. One hundred and fifty-three elderly people (M = 66.8 years, SD = 5.20, 71.2% female) of an Open University for Seniors responded to the ERQ, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Life Satisfaction Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). Two factors (Cognitive Reappraisal and Emotional Suppression) explained 50.1% of variance; internal consistency and temporal stability were above .70. There were positive relations between Cognitive Reappraisal and life satisfaction and positive affect; and there were negative relations with depression. Increased use of Cognitive Reappraisal is an indication of emotional health in the elderly.

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Antecedent- and response-focused emotion regulation: divergent consequences for experience, expression, and physiology.

Sheila Gross (1997)

Using a process model of emotion, a distinction between antecedent-focused and response-focused emotion regulation is proposed. To test this distinction, 120 participants were shown a disgusting film while their experiential, behavioral, and physiological responses were recorded. Participants were told to either (a) think about the film in such a way that they would feel nothing (reappraisal, a form of antecedent-focused emotion regulation), (b) behave in such a way that someone watching them would not know they were feeling anything (suppression, a form of response-focused emotion regulation), or (c) watch the film (a control condition). Compared with the control condition, both reappraisal and suppression were effective in reducing emotion-expressive behavior. However, reappraisal decreased disgust experience, whereas suppression increased sympathetic activation. These results suggest that these 2 emotion regulatory processes may have different adaptive consequences.