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Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ)

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Despite a vast amount of literature regarding emotion regulation throughout the years, the interpersonal emotion regulation has been underestimated to a large extent until the past few years. With the purpose of encouraging and filling the gap of research on interpersonal emotion regulation, Hofmann et al. (Cognitive Therapy and Research, 40(3), 341–356, 2016) have developed Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ). The current study aims to conduct the adaptation study of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ) into Turkish culture and assess its psychometric properties. To the best of our knowledge, interpersonal emotion regulation as a culture-sensitive construct has not been tested in a non-western culture with distinct interpersonal relationship dynamics. Results revealed that the proposed four-factor model fits the data sufficiently and thus provided support for the original factor structure proposed by Hofmann et al. (Cognitive Therapy and Research, 40(3), 341–356, 2016). Overall, results revealed that the Turkish version of IERQ is a valid and reliable self-report measure which can be used to assess the ways individuals utilize others to regulate their own emotions.

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Parts of this work comprised the first author’s M.A. thesis conducted under the third author’s ̇ supervision at Bahçeşehir University.

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    Burak Doğruyol

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    Joshua Curtiss, Joseph Kevin Carpenter & Stefan G. Hofmann

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Koç, M.S., Aka, B.T., Doğruyol, B. et al. Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ). J Psychopathol Behav Assess 41, 294–303 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-019-09732-3

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