Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Difficulties Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) in Spanish adolescents

• Autores: Isabel Gómez Simón, Eva Penelo Werner, Núria de la Osa Chaparro
• Localización: Psicothema, ISSN-e 1886-144X, ISSN 0214-9915, Vol. 26, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 401-408
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Estructura factorial e invariancia de la Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS) en adolescentes españoles
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  • español

    Antecedentes: la disregulación emocional es una dimensión unificadora de varios síntomas psicopatológicos como la disforia prolongada, el humor lábil, la alta ira, el temor persistente o la preocupación excesiva. Los déficits en la regulación de la emoción (RE) o disregulación emocional parecen ser relevantes para el desarrollo, mantenimiento y un destino prometedor de tratamiento de una amplia gama de trastornos mentales. La Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS) representa la medida más completa de RE hasta la fecha, pero la versión española no ha sido validada en adolescentes. Método: una muestra comunitaria de 642 adolescentes españoles entre 12 y 18 años respondió la DERS. Resultados: el análisis factorial sugirió una solución de seis factores y se alcanzó la invariancia estricta en función del sexo. La consistencia interna de las subescalas fue de moderada a satisfactoria (.71-.88), excepto para Conciencia (? = .62). Se hallaron algunas diferencias en las puntuaciones de las subescalas respecto al sexo, siendo los tamaños del efecto pequeños. Conclusiones: los resultados obtenidos para la versión española de la DERS son prometedores para la investigación de la RE en adolescentes españoles.

  • English

    Background: Emotion dysregulation is a unifying dimension of several psychopathological symptoms such as prolonged dysphoria, labile mood, high anger, persistent fear and excessive worry. Deficits in emotion regulation (ER), or emotion dysregulation, appear to be relevant to the development, maintenance, and promising treatment target in a broad range of mental disorders. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is the most comprehensive measure of emotion dysregulation to date, but the Spanish version has not been validated in adolescents. Method: A community sample of 642 Spanish adolescents aged 12-18 responded to the DERS. Results: Factor analysis suggested a six-factor solution, and strict measurement invariance across sex was achieved. Internal consistency for the subscales was moderate to satisfactory (.71-.88), except for Awareness (? = .62). We found some sex differences on subscale scores, with small effect sizes. Conclusions: The results obtained for the Spanish version of the DERS are promising for investigating emotion dysregulation in Spanish adolescents.

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