Reappraisal Questionnaire Scale

Below are some questions about your emotional life, mainly how you control (that is, regulate and manage) your emotions. The questions below involve two distinct aspects of your emotional life. One is your emotional experience or what you feel like inside. The other is your emotional expression, or how you show your emotions in the way you talk, gesture, or behave. Although some of the following questions may seem similar to one another, they differ in important ways. For each item, please answer using the following scale:

1.When I want to feel more positive emotions (such as joy or amusement), I change what I’m thinking ab

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

2.I keep my emotions to myself.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

3.When I want to feel less negative emotions (such as sadness or anger), I change what I’m thinking about.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

4.When I am feeling positive emotions, I am careful not to express them.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

5.When I’m faced with a stressful situation, I make myself think about it in a way that helps me stay calm.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

6.I control my emotions by not expressing them.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

7.When I want to feel more positive emotions, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

8.I control my emotions by changing the way I think about the situation I’m in.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

9.When I am feeling negative emotions, I make sure not to express them.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree

10.When I want to feel less negative emotions, I change the way I’m thinking about the situation.

7 Strongly Agree

6 Agree

5 Somewhat Agree

4 Neutral

3 Somewhat Disagree

2 Disagree

1 Strongly Disagree