Psychometric properties of the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ-CA) in Colombian University Students

The purpose of this research was to analyze the psychometric properties of the emotional regulation questionnaire (ERG-CA) in the Colombian population. A sample of 798 university students from Bogota and its surroundings, with ages between 15 and 25 years old (M = 19.59, SD= 1.78) was used. The sample was divided into two proportional groups. The first part of the sample was composed by 25% (n = 200), with it the exploratory factorial analysis was made, chi(2) (13) = 16.38, p < 0.23, finding a two-dimensional structure, according to the indexes of goodness of fit: TLI = .951, RMSEA = .057. SRMR= .04. Then with 70% of the sample (n = 598) the confirmatory factorial analysis was performed. Excellent fit rates were found: S-B chi(2) (20) = 45,812; chi(2) /g/ = 2.29; 1FC = .962; NNFI= .940; TLI = .947; IFI= .958; RMSEA = .051; SRMR= .048. Estimates and errors of the model were obtained through robust methods, internal consistency analysis was performed, the invariance of the model by gender was studied and differences by gender were found. It can be concluded that the ERG-CA is a questionnaire with psychometric properties that are very favorable to be used in the Colombian context.