Psychometric properties of the German Version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-30 (ERQ-30)

Psychometric properties of the German Version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-30 (ERQ-30) - German ERQ-30

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00041006

Enrollment

500

Registered

2026-07-17

Start date

2026-07-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Healthy volunteers from the general population (adults)

Interventions

Group 1: Arm 1: Adults from the general population (age = 18 years, fluent German language skills) are surveyed once as part of an online assessment (approx. 20–30 minutes) using the following standar

no re-assessment or follow-up. Study data collection period: from July 2026 until the targeted sample size is reached (at least three months).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Fluent German language skills

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion for careless responding, operationalized via (a) at least two of three infrequency items (Kay, 2024) answered not as expected, or (b) a completion time of less than one third of the sample median; discontinuation of the study before completing the ERQ-30 items.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
What: Psychometric properties of the German version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ-30): factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity (association with emotion regulation difficulties and alexithymia), criterion validity (association with wellbeing, psychological distress, and dissociation), discriminant validity (differentiation from self-deception in response behavior), and incremental validity over the short version ERQ-S. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the German ERQ-30 version and, for comparison, the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI), the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ), the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index (WHO-5), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), the Stanford Multifaceted Dissociation Questionnaire (SMDQ), and the self-deception subscale of the German short form of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR).	—

Measure

Time frame

What: Psychometric properties of the German version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ-30): factor structure, internal consistency, convergent validity (association with emotion regulation difficulties and alexithymia), criterion validity (association with wellbeing, psychological distress, and dissociation), discriminant validity (differentiation from self-deception in response behavior), and incremental validity over the short version ERQ-S. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the German ERQ-30 version and, for comparison, the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI), the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ), the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index (WHO-5), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), the Stanford Multifaceted Dissociation Questionnaire (SMDQ), and the self-deception subscale of the German short form of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. What: Association between perceived controllability of emotions and emotion regulation or mental health. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the Implicit Beliefs about Emotions Scale (IBES) as well as the ERQ-30, WHO-5, and DASS-21. 2. What: Association between childhood adversity and emotion regulation strategies (including emotion regulation profiles). When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the ERQ-30. 3. What: Exploratory analyses of strategy diversity, strategy profiles, predictors of mental health, and associations with parenthood and personality traits. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the ERQ-30, WHO-5, DASS-21, Big Five Inventory (short version, BFI-XS), Dissociation Beliefs Scale (DBS), and sociodemographic information. The full statistical analysis plan (method, parameters, a priori defined expected values per hypothesis, handling of missing values, outliers, and data quality) is filed as a separate document and will be published on OSF prior to the start of data collection.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. What: Association between perceived controllability of emotions and emotion regulation or mental health. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the Implicit Beliefs about Emotions Scale (IBES) as well as the ERQ-30, WHO-5, and DASS-21. 2. What: Association between childhood adversity and emotion regulation strategies (including emotion regulation profiles). When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the ERQ-30. 3. What: Exploratory analyses of strategy diversity, strategy profiles, predictors of mental health, and associations with parenthood and personality traits. When: Once, as part of the online assessment. How: Assessed with the ERQ-30, WHO-5, DASS-21, Big Five Inventory (short version, BFI-XS), Dissociation Beliefs Scale (DBS), and sociodemographic information. The full statistical analysis plan (method, parameters, a priori defined expected values per hypothesis, handling of missing values, outliers, and data quality) is filed as a separate document and will be published on OSF prior to the start of data collection.

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Countries

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactIrina Jarvers

Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Universität Regensburg

irina.jarvers@ukr.de0941 941 4139

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026