anales de psicología / annals of psychology 2018, vol. 34, nº 3 (october), 458-464 http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.34.3.306531 © Copyright 2018: Editum. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Murcia (Spain) ISSN print edition: 0212-9728. ISSN on line edition (http://revistas.um.es/analesps): 1695-2294. On line edition License Creative Commons 4.0: BY-NC-ND - 458 - Two new brief versions of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and its relationships with depression and anxiety Fco. Pablo Holgado-Tello*, Pedro J. Amor, Amaia Lasa-Aristu, Fco. Javier Domínguez-Sánchez, and Begoña Delgado Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED (Spain). Título: Dos nuevas versiones breves del Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire y su relación con la depresión y ansiedad Resumen: El Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnefski, et al., 2001) es un instrumento de 36 ítems que mide las estrategias cogniti- vas de la regulación emocional. Hay una versión breve de 18 elementos que mide las mismas nueve estrategias que la versión completa (Garnefski y Kraaij, 2006a). El objetivo de este estudio fue desarrollar una versión breve, teniendo en cuenta dos propuestas: un instrumento de 27 ítems y otro de 18, el cual se centra exclusivamente en la evaluación de los dos factores ge- nerales obtenidos en la estructura de segundo orden del CERQ original e identificado en estudios previos como estrategias adaptativas y estrategias menos adaptativas. Los participantes en el estudio fueron 872 personas de 18 a 58 años (M = 33.86; DT = 8.43). El análisis factorial confirmatorio, proporciona índices globales adecuados en ambas versiones, junto con una validez satisfactoria. En la discusión, se argumenta que la versión de 27 ítems es más apropiada para la evaluación específica de las nueve estrategias de regulación que emplean las personas, y proponemos la versión de 18 ítems como un instrumento adecuado en el contexto clínico para una califi- cación global del perfil de regulación emocional cognitiva, además, la vali- dez de criterio con depresión y ansiedad se mantiene similar a las versiones completas. Palabras clave: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, versiones breves, depresión, ansiedad. Abstract: The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnefski et al., 2001) is a 36-item instrument for measuring cognitive strategies of emotional regulation. There is a brief, 18-item version that measures the same nine strategies as the full version (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006a). The aim of this study was to develop a brief form of the CERQ, taking into account two different proposals: a 27-item and an 18-item in- strument, the latter focusing solely on the assessment of the two general factors obtained in the second-order structure of the original CERQ model and identified in previous studies as adaptive strategies and less adaptive strate- gies. Participants in the study were 872 individuals aged 18-58 (M = 33.86, SD = 8.43). The confirmatory factor analyses yield adequate overall indices in both versions, together with satisfactory validity. In the discussion, it is argued that the 27-item version is more appropriate for the specific rating of the nine regulation strategies people employ, and we propose the 18- item version as a suitable instrument in clinical context for an overall rating of an individual’s cognitive emotion regulation profile, furthermore, the cri- terion validity with depression and anxiety keeps similar to the larger ver- sions. Keywords: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, short versions, depression, anxiety. Introduction Emotion is a multicomponent process that is activated when relevant circumstances for the person occur, implementing action tendencies that facilitate the deployment of adapted behaviors (Scherer, 2009). An essential element of this process is emotional regula- tion, which permits modulation of the suitability of the emo- tion itself, but also that of each one of the components mak- ing it up (Scherer, 2009). This dynamic involves widely het- erogeneous processes, including those of a cognitive nature, understood as a set of information-processing strategies or mechanisms that allow the person to regulate different pa- rameters of his or her emotional reactions (Thompson, 1991). These cognitive strategies are not only relevant in the maintenance of an appropriate level of psychological well- being (Gross & Muñoz, 1995), but can also constitute im- portant factors in the aetiology and chronification of certain psychopathological disorders (e.g., Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006a), as well as in the efficacy of therapeutic intervention (Goldin et al., 2012). A key factor in the studies carried out in this field has been the availability of a psychometric instrument that per- * Correspondence address [Dirección para correspondencia]: Fco. Pablo Holgado-Tello. Dpto. Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences. Faculty of Psychology. UNED. c/Juan del Rosal, nº 10. 28040 Madrid (Spain). E-mail: pfholgado@psi.uned.es mits assessment of these cognitive strategies, the CERQ. This questionnaire, developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven (2001), consists of 36 items, four for each of the nine cognitive emotion regulation strategies it measures: Self-blame (i.e., thinking that one is responsible for what happened), Acceptance (i.e., accepting what has happened and resigning oneself to it), Rumination (i.e., reflecting on one’s feelings and thoughts associated with what happened), Positive refocusing (i.e., thinking about enjoyable experienc- es instead of about the stressful event), Refocus on planning (i.e., concentrating on the measures to adopt in response to the event), Positive reappraisal (i.e., considering the positive aspects of what happened), Putting into perspective (i.e., re- ducing the relevance of the event), Catastrophizing (i.e., hav- ing thoughts that intensify the negative side of what hap- pened), and Blaming others (i.e., having thoughts that shift the blame for what happened to us onto others). In turn, these nine scales can be grouped in two, more general cate- gories: adaptive (theoretically more appropriate strategies, understood as positive-focused cognitive emotion regula- tion: Acceptance, Positive refocusing, Refocus on planning, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective) and less adap- tive (theoretically more inappropriate strategies, understood as negative-focused cognitive emotion regulation: Self- blame, Rumination, Catastrophizing, Blaming others). The use of the less adaptive strategies is related with psycho- pathological symptomatology. Self-blame, Rumination and Catastrophizing are related to anxiety and depression (Gar-