Validación del Cuestionario de Regulación Emocional para los niños y adolescentes mexicanos

• Paredes-Garci­a, Jonathan Aime ; Hernández-Guzmán, Laura ^[1] ; Contreras-Valdez, José Alfredo ^[1] ; Estrada-Rodríguez, Cesáreo ^[1] ; Freyre, Miguel-Ángel ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
• Localización: Liberabit, ISSN 1729-4827, ISSN-e 2223-7666, Vol. 31, Nº. 2, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: july - december; e1107), págs. 1-23
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.24265/liberabit.2025.v31n2.1084
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Validating the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in Mexican Children and Adolescents
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  • español

    Antecedentes: la regulación emocional es fundamental para el bienestar de los niños y adolescentes, pero hay poca información sobre este proceso en la población hispanoamericana; se necesitan instrumentos de medición adecuados. Objetivo: en este estudio, se indagó sobre la estructura factorial, la invariancia entre sexos y entre edades, la validez de constructo y la consistencia interna relativas al Cuestionario de Regulación Emocional (ERQ). Método: el ERQ adaptado se administró a 2108 niños y adolescentes mexicanos (9-18 años), junto con medidas de afectividad negativa y desregulación emocional. Resultados: el ERQ mostró una estructura de dos factores correlacionados, y se confirmó la invariancia entre sexos y entre edades. Las correlaciones de la revaluación cognitiva y de la supresión de la expresión con la afectividad negativa (r = .11 y .35, respectivamente) y con la desregulación emocional (r = .14 y .39, respectivamente), apoyaron la validez relativa a las puntuaciones del ERQ. Los coeficientes alfa de Cronbach y omega de McDonald, tanto de la revaluación cognitiva (ambos de .76) como de la supresión de la expresión (ambos de .71), fueron satisfactorios. Conclusión: las puntuaciones de esta versión del ERQ son confiables y se pueden interpretar de manera válida como regulación emocional.

  • English

    Background: Emotion regulation is essential for children’s and adolescents’ well-being, but there is little information on this process in Spanish-speaking population from Latin America; sound measurement instruments are needed. Objective: In this study, the factor structure, measurement invariance across sex and across age, construct validity, and internal consistency related to the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) were examined. Method: The adapted ERQ was administered to 2,108 Mexican children and adolescents (ages 9–18), along with measures of negative affect and emotion dysregulation. Results: The ERQ showed a two-correlated-factor structure, and invariance across sex and across age were confirmed. Correlations of Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression with Negative Affect (r = .11 and .35, respectively) and Emotion Dysregulation (r = .14 and .39, respectively) supported the validity related to the ERQ scores. Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients for both Cognitive Reappraisal (.76 each) and Expressive Suppression (.71 each) were satisfactory. Conclusion: Scores of this ERQ version are reliable and may be validly interpreted as emotion regulation.

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