Emotion Management in Contemporary Political Life: Introducing the Political Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (PERQ)

• In Event: Emotion and conflict

Brief Overview

Politics is increasingly emotional, but few studies explore how citizens manage their feelings about current events. Therefore, we facilitate research on the topic by introducing a new questionnaire and reviewing its psychometric properties.

Authors

• Cherie Maestas, Purdue University

• Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico

• Matthew Stephen Cawvey, University of North Carolina at Charlotte