Questionário de Regulação Emocional (QRE): Evidências de Validade de Construto e Consistência Interna

Contact with authors: Prof. Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Federal University of Paraíba, CCHLA - Department of Psychology, Block C, Office 1 João Pessoa-PB, Brazil CEP: 58051-900

Valdiney Veloso Gouveia is a Professor at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and a Senior Researcher (Level 1A, CNPq), PhD (Complutense University of Madrid), MSc (University of Brasília) in Social Psychology, and Specialization in Assessment and Measure in Psychology (University of Brasília). His main research interests including social psychology (e.g., human values, personality traits, and attitudes) and psychological assessment (e.g., development and adaptation of scales, tests, and questionnaires, data analysis). E-mail: vvgouveia@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2107-5848

Hysla Magalhães de Moura is PhD student in Social Psychology at State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Master in Social Psychology at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Specialist in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy at Latin American Faculty of Education (FLATED) and Graduated in Psychology at Federal University of Piauí (UFPI). Her main research including Social Psychology, Positive Psychology and psychological assessment. E-mail: hyslamagalhaes@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-5799

Isabel Cristina Vasconcelos de Oliveira is PhD in Social Psychology at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and Psychologist of the Public Ministry of the State of Paraíba. She is interested in the areas of psychological assessment and positive psychology. Link of Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5840543201441999. E-mail: oliveiraicv@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-2200

Maria Gabriela Costa Ribeiro is Master student in Social Psychology at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and graduated in Psychology at the same institution. Her main research including Psychological Assessment, Social Psychology and Positive Psychology. Link to Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1306060346048737. E-mail: mariagabicr@gmail.com. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6920-9070

Alessandro Teixeira Rezende is Master student in Social Psychology at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and Graduated in Psychology in the same institution (2016). His main research including Social Psychology, Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics. E-mail: als_tx29@hotmail.com. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-2155

Tátila Rayane de Sampaio Brito is PhD student in Social Psychology at Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Master in the same area and institution, Specialist in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Latin American College (FLATED), Graduated in Psychology at Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) and Graduated in Spanish at State University of Piauí (UESPI). Her main research interests including Social Psychology, Psychological Assessment and Positive Psychology. Link to Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8492877681972505. E-mail: tatila.rayane@hotmail.com. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1282-5558

Items	Inferior Group		Superior Group		t
Items	M	SD	M	SD
1	4.28	1.57	5.57	1.34	6.15*
2	4.15	1.81	5.54	1.43	5.87*
3	4.27	1.61	5.71	1.36	6.73*
4	3.28	1.49	4.57	1.89	5.30*
5	4.79	1.64	6.16	1.13	6.65*
6	3.43	1.61	5.03	1.71	6.64*
7	3.99	1.43	5.60	1.20	8.47*
8	3.97	1.30	5.67	1.14	9.65*
9	4.16	1.66	5.48	1.24	5.72*
10	4.08	1.53	5.51	1.24	7.17*

Item content	Saturation
Item content	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
08. I control my emotions by changing the way I think about the situation I’m in.	0.74	0.44	0.18
10. When I want to feel less negative emotion, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.	0.68	0.54	0.04
05. When I’m faced with a stressful situation, I make myself think about it in a way that helps me stay calm.	0.67	0.02	0.11
09. When I am feeling negative emotions, I make sure not to express them.	0.65	0.03	0.13
01. When I want to feel more positive emotion (such as joy or amusement), I change what I’m thinking about.	-0.03	0.78	0.18
03. When I want to feel less negative emotion (such as sadness or anger), I change what I’m thinking about.	0.23	0.76	0.01
07. When I want to feel more positive emotion, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.	0.53	0.66	0.13
02. I keep my emotions to myself.	0.00	0.10	0.83
06. I control my emotions by not expressing them.	0.37	-0.10	0.76
04. When I am feeling positive emotions, I am careful not to express them.	0.10	0.16	0.64
Number of items	4	3	3
Own value	3.04	1.62	1.27
%Total variance explained	30.43	16.20	12.71
Cronbach’s alpha	0.67	0.63	0.64

Factor	α	CR	√AVE
Factor I. Cognitive Reassessment	0.60	0.60	0.57
Factor II. Redirecting the Focus of Attention	0.61	0.60	0.57
Factor III. Emotional Suppression	0.66	0.67	0.58

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