Measures compassionate or altruistic love for different targets e. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is a widelyused, theoreticallydriven, and psychometricallysound selfreport measure of emotion regulation difficulties. Higher ders scores indicate greater emotion regulation difficulties. Difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior goals. Originally developed for use with adults, the ders was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of clinically relevant er dif. The ders is a brief, 36item, selfreport questionnaire designed to assess multiple aspects of emotion dysregulation. Measure description original article awareness measures six. Development and validation of a brief version of the. Pdf research suggests that difficulties in emotion regulation are an important correlate of nonsuicidal selfinjury nssi in adults. The city of graz implements many measures for waste prevention in its fields of activity at present. Gratz, 2002 is a 15item selfreport measure developed to assess clinically relevant difficulties in the regulation of positive emotions. One promising measure for the comprehensive assessment of er difficulties is the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders.
Development and validation of a statebased measure of. Factor analysis suggested a sixfactor solution, and strict measurement invariance across sex was achieved. David klonsky stony brook university the construct of emotion dysregulation increasingly has been used to explain diverse psychopathologies across the lifespan. Here,we introduce the ders f and the results of its initial validation in healthy adults. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale short form ders. The following measures were administered pre and posttreatment to assess outcome. Measurement of emotion dysregulation in adolescents. One measure, the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. Gratz and roemer 2004 is one of the most widely used selfreport measures of emotion regulation deficits.
Psychometric properties of the brazilian version of the. The ders proved to be an adequate measure of clinically relevant dimensions of emotional dysregulation in chronic pain patients. Factor structure and initial validation of a multidimensional measure of difficulties in the regulation of positive emotions. View assessment measures that have been identified for issues including anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder bpd to name a few. Gratz and roemer, 2004 in medical sample with persistent pain. The ders is a 36item selfreport questionnaire originally comprising. Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking child. Development, factor structure, and initial validation of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Thirtyseven adults diagnosed with gad and 37 controls all age 60 or older completed the gadqiv, ders, and other measures of anxiety and depression. Many studies conducted with nonclinical and clinical. Valant difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. The italian version of the ders was applied to 190 adults, and in addition, a subgroup 81 adults compiled a series of parallel tests. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested a similar factor structure in the adolescent sample of the authors as demonstrated previously among adults.
The ders and other similar emotion regulation measures assess dispositional tendencies, with instructions asking participants to rate items in terms of their average or typical experiences. The ders has six subscales with five to eight items each 36 total, suggesting multiple questions may assess similar underlying constructs. A modified version of the ders m ders was developed to address psychometric limitations of the original measure bardeen et al. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is one of the tests used most frequently to assess the difficulties in emotion regulation in the adult population. Given the lack of such an instrument in the french language, the aim of the present research was to develop and examine the structure and consistency of a frenchversionoftheders,namedthedersf. A transdiagnostic approach to examining the incremental. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is a widely used selfreport measure of subjective emotion ability, as defined by a prominent clinically derived model of emotion regulation gratz and roemer, 2004. More specifically, the primary goal of this study is to assess. The authors also claimed that it was necessary to examine the. The mean ders score was computed by aggregating over all available visits for each subject i. This paper a proposes an integrative conceptualization of emotion. Differential associations between childhood emotional abuse. Psychometric properties of turkish version of difficulties in.
Based on this model, gratz and roemer 2004 developed the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders to map onto and assess their model of er. N 870 completed the ders and measures of externalizing and internalizing problems. Extending research on the utility of an adjunctive emotion. This is a 2item scale, adapted from the original difficulties in emotion. The ders is a 36item selfreport questionnaire measuring six domains of emotion regulation difficulties including nonacceptance of negative emotions. Psychometric properties of turkish version of difficulties. Internal consistency in the current sample was good for the overall scale. Factor structure and initial validation of a multidimensional. Recently, the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm the original structure, while. Moreover, suggesting its potential utility for adolescents, the ders is based on a conceptual definition of er influenced most directly by. Both measures were assessed for internal consistency reliability, construct. The measure yields a total score as well as scores on six scales derived through factor analysis. It is a 36item selfreport questionnaire with six subscales, including nonacceptance of negative emotional responses, difficulties engaging in goal.
Validation of a brief version of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders 18 in five samples. Emotion regulation scale multidimensional assessment of. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is a well validated and widely used selfreport measure for assessing emotion regulation problems among adolescents and adults. Impulsivity dimensions, emotion dysregulation, and. Impulsivity dimensions, emotion dysregulation, and borderline. The present study aimed to elucidate the factor structure of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. Journal of social and personal relationships, 22, 5, 629651. The authors explored the utility of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders in assessing adolescents emotion regulation. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 26, 4154. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested a similar factor structure in the adolescent sample of the. A factor analytic evaluation of the difficulties in. Measures of deliberate selfharm and other selfdestructive behaviors. Contemporary theorists have suggested that impulsivity and emotion dysregulation are two of the core features of bpd.
Interpersonal functioning and emotion in borderline personality couples description. Although the ders is often used in treatment and research settings for adults with emotional i. The difficulties in emotion regulation scale short form. Factor structure and measurement invariance of the dif. The ders and other similar emotion regulation measures assess dispositional tendencies, with instructions asking participants to rate items in terms of their average or typical. In addition, the ders has shown good correspondence with biological measures of emotion dysregulation, such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia crowell et al.
Professor kim gratz one of the developers of ders, the turkish ders 16 was then finalized. Gratz, 2001 is a 17item selfreport questionnaire that assesses various aspects of dsh including its frequency over speci. Factor structure and initial validation of a multidimensional measure. Measure description original article awareness measures. The ders was developed to capture clinically relevant problems i.
Arbeitsgruppe gibt empfehlungen zum gerinnungsmanagement bei. Respondents indicate the frequency with which statements such as i am clear about my feelings apply to themselves. The ders is a 36item selfreport measure scored on a 5point likerttype scale. Brief symptom inventory bsi the bsi is a 53item self. Frontiers psychometric properties of the difficulties in. Gratz, department of psychiatry and human behavior, university of mississippi medical center, 2500 north state street, jackson, ms 39216, usa. Given recent attention to emotion regulation as a potentially unifying function of diverse symptom presentations, there is a need for comprehensive measures that adequately assess difficulties in emotion regulation among adults. The deviation ders score a visitlevel variable was computed for each visit and was the difference between the ders score at each visit and the subjectspecific mean ders score. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between borderline personality disorder bpd features, impulsivity, and emotion dysregulation in. In conclusion, the ders 16 offers a valid and brief method for the assessment of overall emotion regulation difficulties. The role of emotion regulation in deliberate self harm among. A community sample of 642 spanish adolescents aged 1218 responded to the ders. Construct validity of the difficulties in emotion regulation.
Using the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire erq. A revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Difficulties in emotion regulation in treatmentseeking. Development and validation of a statebased measure of emotion. Accordingly, the ders encompasses various aspects of er, including nonacceptance of emotional responses nonacceptance, difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior goals, impulse. However, few measures assessing emotion regulation exist for youth. Gratz and roemers 2004 focus on general difficulties in responding to negative emotions implies that the ders measures relatively stable individual differences in emotion regulation, and in fact, gratz and roemer 2004 found that ders total scores showed strong stability over a. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 26. Further, the ders 16 showed minimal differences in its convergent and discriminant validity with relevant measures when compared to the original ders. Gratz and roemer 2004 found that a sixfactor correlated trait model. Measures difficulties in emotion regulation scaleshort form. This paper a proposes an integrative conceptualization of emotion regulation as involving not just the modulation of emotional arousal, but also the awareness.
In their initial measure development article, gratz and roemer 2004 hypothesized that a fourfactor lowerorder model would provide the best. Measurement of emotion dysregulation in adolescents anna weinberg and e. Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation. Fap intimacy scale fapis measures the degree of intimacy within a specific. Originally developed for use with adults, the ders was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of clinically relevant er difficulties across multiple domains. Ders is the most comprehensive measure of emotion dysregulation to date, but the spanish version has not been validated in adolescents. The role of emotion regulation in deliberate self harm. Difficulties in emotion regulation scale the national. If you wish to score the ders using statistical software, such as spss, you can use the code. Consistent with other measures of emotion regulation difficulties cyders et al.
The s ders is a 21item statebased multidimensional selfreport measure designed to assess emotion dysregulation using gratz and roemers 2004 proposed model. Participants were 3 undergraduate samples n 840, 78. This scale includes 4 items adapted from the original difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between borderline personality disorder bpd features, impulsivity, and emotion dysregulation in adolescence. Nov 23, 2015 the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is a well validated and widely used selfreport measure for assessing emotion regulation problems among adolescents and adults. Cronbachs alpha for the ders in the present study was 0. Difficulties in emotion regulation scale the national child. Pdf multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation. Although the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders is a multidimensional measur. Brief multidimensional spiritual experiences scale measures a persons perception of the transcendent god, the divine in daily life and his or her perception of his or her interaction with or. Preliminary findings suggest that the ders has high internal consistency, good. Nonacceptance of emotional responses nonacceptance 2. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, in press. Pdf development and validation of a brief version of the.
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