Currently, emotion regulation goals are being perceived as highly situational. This assumption might be wrong, though, as the preeminent measure [the intraclass coefficient (1), ICC(1)] overestimates the proportion of within-variance under the condition of measurement error. We therefore empirically test whether emotion regulation goals represent more of a between-person or a within-person phenomenon, using the reliability-adjusted ICC(1). A total of 305 students participated in a daily diary study and answered a questionnaire about their emotion regulation goals in the most negative event of the day over the course of 9 days. Multilevel analyses suggest that emotion regulation goals vary more between persons than heretofore assumed, especially for hedonic goals, but also for social goals. Besides, we show substantial differences in the within-variance across individuals. We conclude by discussing theoretical implications for general and clinical psychology.

当前，情绪调节目标被认为是高度情景的。但是，这种假设可能是错误的，因为卓越的度量[类内系数（1），ICC（1）]高估了测量误差条件下方差内的比例。因此，我们使用经可靠性调整的ICC（1），通过经验测试情绪调节目标是代表人际关系还是人际内部现象。共有305名学生参加了每日日记研究，并在9天的一天中最消极的事件中回答了有关其情绪调节目标的问卷。多层次分析表明，人与人之间的情绪调节目标相差甚远，特别是对于享乐目标以及社会目标而言。除了，我们在个体之间的方差内显示出实质性差异。最后，我们讨论了对一般和临床心理学的理论意义。