A Spanish adaptation and validation of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

Abstract

Intrapersonal Emotion Regulation is a widely studied and recognized term as an essential variable in people’s well-being, and their optimal psychosocial functioning. It has not been until recent years that Interpersonal Emotion Regulation (IER) has been taken into account in studies focused on emotional life and academic performance. The Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) is one of the few self-report instruments designed for the evaluation of this construct. As far as we know, there is no tool that evaluates this variable in the Spanish language. The present study aims to adapt and validate the IERQ in the Spanish population (n = 289). Maintaining the internal structure of the original scale, it has been found that the Spanish version of the IERQ (IERQ-S) is a valid instrument for the evaluation of IER in the Spanish population.

Prevalence of phubbing behaviour in school and university students in Spain

“…These factors are related to an individual’s inclination to seek out others to amplify their feelings of happiness and joy, turn to others as a reminder to not worry and feel better comfort, and learn from others how to handle a specific situation ( Hofmann et al, 2016 ), respectively. This study used the Spanish adaptation of the IERQ ( D’Orey Roquete et al, 2023 ), which was confirmed to have internal consistency with a McDonald’s omega coefficient of 0.918 for the total score.…”