Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS)

La Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS) es una medida de 36 ítems diseñada para evaluar dificultades clínicamente relevantes en la regulación emocional. La DERS proporciona información valiosa sobre la capacidad de un individuo para comprender, aceptar y gestionar las emociones de manera eficaz.

Developer

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(1), 41-54.

References

Bardeen, J. R., Fergus, T. A., & Orcutt, H. K. (2012). An examination of the latent structure of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(3), 382-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9280-y

Bartholomew, E., Hegarty, D., Buchanan, B., Baker, S., Smyth, C. (2025). A Review of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): Percentile-Based Severity Ranges, Clinical and Community Normative Data and Qualitative Descriptors. 

Burton, A. L., Brown, R., & Abbott, M. J. (2022). Overcoming difficulties in measuring emotional regulation: Assessing and comparing the psychometric properties of the DERS long and short forms. Cogent Psychology, 9(1), 2060629. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2022.2060629

Fowler, J. C., Charak, R., Elhai, J. D., Allen, J. G., Frueh, B. C., & Oldham, J. M. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.07.029

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Hallion, L. S., Steinman, S. A., Tolin, D. F., & Diefenbach, G. J. (2018). Psychometric properties of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) and its short forms in adults with emotional disorders. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00539

Neumann, A., van Lier, P. A., Gratz, K. L., & Koot, H. M. (2010). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents using the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Assessment, 17(1), 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191109349579

Osborne, T. L., Michonski, J., Sayrs, J., Welch, S. S., & Anderson, L. K. (2017). Factor structure of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) in adult outpatients receiving dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 39(4), 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-017-9586-x

Perez, J., Venta, A., Garnaat, S., & Sharp, C. (2012). The difficulties in emotion regulation scale: Factor structure and association with nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescent inpatients. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(3), 393-404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-012-9292-7

Skutch, J. M., Wang, S. B., Buqo, T., Haynos, A. F., & Papa, A. (2019). Which brief is best? Clarifying the use of three brief versions of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41(3), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-019-09736-z

Sörman, K., Garke, M. Å., Isacsson, N. H., Jangard, S., Bjureberg, J., Hellner, C., Sinha, R., & Jayaram-Lindström, N. (2022). Measures of emotion regulation: Convergence and psychometric properties of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale and emotion regulation questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(2), 201-217. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23206

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