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Psychometrische Eigenschaften der deutschsprachigen Version des Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

Published Online:December 19, 2019https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000239

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Prozessen der Emotionsregulation wird in den letzten Jahren im Rahmen psychologischer Forschung große Bedeutung beigemessen. Während im Kontext dieser Forschung mehrere Fragebogen zur Erhebung von intrapersonellen Emotionsregulationsprozessen entwickelt und validiert wurden, gibt es nur wenige Messinstrumente zur Erfassung von Emotionsregulation in interpersonellen Kontexten. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde deshalb eine deutschsprachige Version des Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) von Hofmann, Carpenter und Curtiss (2016) entwickelt und in 2 Stichproben mit N = 206 und N = 729 Probanden im Hinblick auf ihre psychometrischen Eigenschaften untersucht. Faktorenanalytisch konnte die dimensionale Struktur des englischsprachigen IERQ mit 4 Faktoren bestätigt werden. Cronbachs α-Werte lagen für die 4 ermittelten Skalen zwischen .81 und .91, für die Retest-Reliabilitäten ergaben sich Werte zwischen .72 und .74. Hinsichtlich der Validität zeigten sich sehr ähnliche Zusammenhänge zu Maßen der intrapersonellen Emotionsregulation, wie sie mit der Originalversion ermittelt wurden. In Bezug zu anderen Konstrukten wie z. B. Depressivität wichen die hier erhobenen Korrelationen von der englischsprachigen Version ab. Weitere Analysen zur konvergenten und diskriminanten Validität bestätigten jedoch die Güte des Instrumentes, sodass bei der deutschen Version des IERQ von einem reliablen und validen Instrument zur Erfassung Interpersoneller Emotionsregulation auszugehen ist.


Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire

Abstract. Emotion regulation processes have gained increasing importance in psychological science. While a number of questionnaires have been developed to measure intrapersonal emotion regulation, there is a scarcity of measures assessing interpersonal emotion regulation. Therefore, we developed a German version of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) by Hofmann, Carpenter, and Curtiss (2016) and examined the psychometric properties based on two samples including N = 206 and N = 729 participants. The factor analytic structure confirmed the four factors of the original IERQ. Cronbach’s α values for the four subscales ranged between .81 and .91, and the test–retest reliability ranged between .72 and .74. Regarding validity, the relationship with intrapersonal emotion regulation measures showed results that were comparable to the original version. Compared with other constructs, such as depression, correlations differed from the English version. However, additional analyses provided support for the convergent and discriminant validity of the instrument. Therefore, we conclude that the German version of the IERQ is also a reliable and valid instrument to assess interpersonal emotion regulation.

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