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. 2019 Mar 29;9(4):76. doi: 10.3390/brainsci9040076

Table 2.

Overview of subscales across self-report measures of negative emotion regulation. Strategies are informally categorized as ‘adaptive’, ‘maladaptive’ or ‘uncategorized’ (describing more general emotion regulation behavior, rather than specific strategies). ERQ: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire; DERS: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; CERQ: Cognitive Emotion Regulations Questionnaire; FEEL-KJ: Fragebogen zur Ehrebung her Emotionsregulation bei Kindern und Jugenlichen.

ERQ DERS CERQ FEEL-KJ
Adaptive Strategies
Reappraisal Positive reappraisal Revaluation
Non-acceptance Acceptance Acceptance
Putting in perspective
Positive refocusing
Refocus on planning
Problem solving
Cognitive problem solving
Distraction
Forgetting
Humor enhancement
Maladaptive Strategies
Expressive suppression Emotional control
Self-blame Self-devaluation
Other-blame
Rumination Rumination
Catastrophizing
Giving-up
Uncategorized
Goal-directed behavior
Impulse control Aggressive actions
Emotional awareness
Accessing regulation strategies
Emotional clarity
Withdrawal
Social support
Expression