Bjureberg Johan, Ljótsson Brjánn, Tull Matthew T, Hedman Erik, Sahlin Hanna, Lundh Lars-Gunnar, Bjärehed Jonas, DiLillo David, Messman-Moore Terri, Gumpert Clara Hellner, Gratz Kim L
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2016 Jun;38(2):284-296. doi: 10.1007/s10862-015-9514-x. Epub 2015 Sep 14.
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a widely-used, theoretically-driven, and psychometrically-sound self-report measure of emotion regulation difficulties. However, at 36-items, the DERS may be challenging to administer in some situations or settings (e.g., in the course of patient care or large-scale epidemiological studies). Consequently, there is a need a briefer version of the DERS. The goal of the present studies was to develop and evaluate a 16-item version of the DERS - the DERS-16. The reliability and validity of the DERS-16 were examined in a clinical sample (N = 96) and two large community samples (Ns = 102 and 482). The validity of the DERS-16 was evaluated comparing the relative strength of the association of the two versions of the DERS with measures of emotion regulation and related constructs, psychopathology, and clinically-relevant behaviors theorized to stem from emotion regulation deficits. Results demonstrate that the DERS-16 has retained excellent internal consistency, good test-retest reliability, and good convergent and discriminant validity. Further, the DERS-16 showed minimal differences in its convergent and discriminant validity with relevant measures when compared to the original DERS. In conclusion, the DERS-16 offers a valid and brief method for the assessment of overall emotion regulation difficulties.
情绪调节困难量表（DERS）是一种广泛使用、基于理论且心理测量学上合理的自我报告式情绪调节困难测量工具。然而，DERS有36个项目，在某些情况或环境下（如在患者护理过程或大规模流行病学研究中）进行施测可能具有挑战性。因此，需要一个更简短的DERS版本。本研究的目的是开发并评估一个16项版本的DERS——DERS - 16。在一个临床样本（N = 96）以及两个大型社区样本（Ns = 102和482）中检验了DERS - 16的信效度。通过比较两个版本的DERS与情绪调节及相关构念、精神病理学以及理论上源于情绪调节缺陷的临床相关行为的测量指标之间关联的相对强度，来评估DERS - 16的效度。结果表明，DERS - 16保持了出色的内部一致性、良好的重测信度以及良好的聚合效度和区分效度。此外，与原始DERS相比，DERS - 16在与相关测量指标的聚合效度和区分效度方面显示出极小的差异。总之，DERS - 16为评估整体情绪调节困难提供了一种有效且简短的方法。
