Form: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, CERQ

I feel that I am the one to blame for it

I think that I have to accept that this has happened

I often think about how I feel about what I have experienced

I think of nicer things than what I have experienced

I think of what I can do best

I think I can learn something from the situation

I think that it all could have been much worse

I often think that what I have experienced is much worse than what others have experienced

I feel that others are to blame for it

I feel that I am the one who is responsible for what has happened

I think that I have to accept the situation

I am preoccupied with what I think and feel about what I have experienced

I think of pleasant things that have nothing to do with it

I think about how I can best cope with the situation

I think that I can become a stronger person as a result of what has happened

I think that other people go through much worse experiences

I keep thinking about how terrible it is what I have experienced

I feel that others are responsible for what has happened

I think about the mistakes I have made in this matter

I think that I cannot change anything about it

I want to understand why I feel the way I do about what I have experienced

I think of something nice instead of what has happened

I think about how to change the situation

I think that the situation also has its positive sides

I think that it hasn't been too bad compared to other things

I often think that what I have experienced is the worst that can happen to a person

I think about the mistakes others have made in this matter

I think that basically the cause must lie within myself

I think that I must learn to live with it

I dwell upon the feelings the situation has evoked in me

I think about pleasant experiences

I think about a plan of what I can do best

I look for the positive sides to the matter

I tell myself that there are worse things in life

I continually think how horrible the situation has been

I feel that basically the cause lies with others