Validity of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in Diverse Mexican Samples Using Two Different Spanish Translations

Individual differences in emotion regulation, the use of specific strategies to influence various aspects one’s emotional thoughts or behaviors, are predictive individual variation psychopathology as well wellbeing. The current manuscript sought investigate reliability and validity regulation questionnaire (ERQ) three different Mexican samples. A Spanish translation previously validated Spain was used for two samples (student; n = 238 young school children guardian; n=200). To if language led psychometric properties factorial structure, an in-house third sample (community; n= 617). We found that although reliability, factor structure remained somewhat same, there were number items each factor. Importantly, consistent with previous research, assessed associated predicted outcomes such mood anxiety symptoms, resilience, These results highlight importance adapting scales contexts attending characteristics sample.