Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) as described in Gratz & Roemer (2004).
Duration: 4 minutes
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Gratz, K. L. & Roemer, L. (2004). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation: Development, factor structure, and initial validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26, 41-54.

Kökönyei, G., Urbán, R., Reinhardt, M., Józan, A., & Demetrovics, Z. (2014). The difficulties in emotion regulation scale: Factor structure in chronic pain patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70(6), 589-600.

Cooper, J., O'Shea, A., Atkinson, M., & Wade, T. (2014). Examination of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale and its relation to disordered eating in a young female sample. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(6), 630-9.

Fowler, Charak, Elhai, Allen, Frueh, & Oldham. (2014). Construct validity and factor structure of the difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale among adults with severe mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 58, 175-180.

Ritschel, L., Tone, E., Schoemann, A., Lim, N., & Reynolds, Cecil R. (2015). Psychometric Properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Across Demographic Groups. Psychological Assessment, 27(3), 944-954.

Anderson, Lisa M., Reilly, Erin E., Gorrell, Sasha, Schaumberg, Katherine, & Anderson, Drew A. (2016). Gender-based differential item function for the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 92, 87-91.

Lee, D., Witte, T., Bardeen, J., Davis, M., & Weathers, F. (2016). A Factor Analytic Evaluation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 72(9), 933-46.