THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is an instrument designed to assess emotional dysregulation. The current study sought to identify consistency of DERS factors and items relevance for each one of them. Participants were 251 students, 68% female, from a university in Bogotá-Colombia...
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| author | Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez Rochy M. Vargas Juan Sebastián Hoyos-González |
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| description | The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is an instrument designed to assess emotional dysregulation. The current study sought to identify consistency of DERS factors and items relevance for each one of them. Participants were 251 students, 68% female, from a university in Bogotá-Colombia. This research assessed the DERS factors: (a) non-acceptance, (b) goals, (c) impulse, (d) strategies, (e) awareness, and (f) clarity. Factor Analysis found that DERS items are gathered in two main factors rather than six, and data reduction demonstrated that only 15 of the 36 items in the original scale contributed significantly to factors variance. It is recommended extending the research to health contexts and to clinical and non-clinical population in Colombia in order to validate the DERS and develop a total score for the scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ef1b4f41c394bbf9c8489184c1a8db22022-12-21T17:50:46ZengUniversidad Católica de ColombiaActa Colombiana de Psicología0123-915519123724810.14718/ACP.2016.19.1.10S0123-91552016000100010THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLEAmanda M. Muñoz-Martínez0Rochy M. Vargas1Juan Sebastián Hoyos-González2Fundación Universitaria Konrad LorenzFundación Universitaria Konrad LorenzFundación Universitaria Konrad LorenzThe Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is an instrument designed to assess emotional dysregulation. The current study sought to identify consistency of DERS factors and items relevance for each one of them. Participants were 251 students, 68% female, from a university in Bogotá-Colombia. This research assessed the DERS factors: (a) non-acceptance, (b) goals, (c) impulse, (d) strategies, (e) awareness, and (f) clarity. Factor Analysis found that DERS items are gathered in two main factors rather than six, and data reduction demonstrated that only 15 of the 36 items in the original scale contributed significantly to factors variance. It is recommended extending the research to health contexts and to clinical and non-clinical population in Colombia in order to validate the DERS and develop a total score for the scale.http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-91552016000100010&lng=en&tlng=enemotional dysregulationfactor analysisinstrumental study |
| spellingShingle | Amanda M. Muñoz-Martínez Rochy M. Vargas Juan Sebastián Hoyos-González THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE Acta Colombiana de Psicología emotional dysregulation factor analysis instrumental study |
| title | THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE |
| title_full | THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE |
| title_fullStr | THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE |
| title_short | THE DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE (DERS): FACTOR ANALYSIS IN A COLOMBIAN SAMPLE |
| title_sort | difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders factor analysis in a colombian sample |
| topic | emotional dysregulation factor analysis instrumental study |
| url | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-91552016000100010&lng=en&tlng=en |
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