Versão portuguesa da escala de dificuldades de regulação emocional e sua relação com sintomas psicopatológicos

Abstract

Background: Emotion dysregulation is a unifier dimension of several psychopathological symptoms thus an instrument that measures it is needed. Objectives: To adapt to Portuguese the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and study its psychometric qualities. A second goal was to explore the association between DERS dimensions and specific types of psychopathology symptoms. Method: The original measure was translated to Portuguese and completed by a sample of 324 individuals who also completed the Brief Symptom Inventory. Results: The results show a very similar factor structure to the original measure: good testretest stability, very good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = ,93) and good external validity with BSI. The analysis performed with the subset of 115 individuals that composed the clinical sample showed that psychopathologic individuals present more difficulties in emotion regulation than normal individuals. Through the correlation analysis between the different DERS and BSI subscales, we found that the Strategies and Goals subscales present the highest level of association with all the psychopathological symptoms. Discussion: This may suggest that these two dimensions are present in various psychological disorders and could, therefore, be included in psychological interventions focused on emotion regulation skills.

Effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on emotional regulation and levels of mindfulness in senior students

“…It contains 36 items on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always). The scale indicated high values of internal consistency (0.93) in the study by Coutinho et al (2010). Portuguese adaptation of the Brazilian reality was used.…”

“…In the present study, Cronbach's alpha in T1 was 0.75 for "Acceptance" and 0.75 for the "Awareness" dimension, while in T2, Cronbach's alpha was 0.87 for the "Acceptance" dimension and 0.78 for "Awareness. " Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-36)-developed by Gratz and Roemer (2004) and translated and adapted to European Portuguese by Coutinho, Ribeiro, Ferreirinha, and Dias (2010). It assesses the following typical levels of emotional deregulation in six domains, quoted with their respective Cronbach alphas: "Non-acceptance"-nonacceptance of emotional responses (0.86), "Goals"-difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior (0.85), "Impulse"-impulse control difficulties (0.80), "Awareness"-lack of emotional awareness (0.74), "Strategies"-limited access to emotion regulation strategies (0.88), and "Clarity"-lack of emotional clarity (0.75).…”

Validez y Confiabilidad de la Versión Adaptada al Español de la Escala de Dificultades de Regulación Emocional (DERS-E) en Población Chilena

“…Este instrumento corresponde a la versión adaptada al español de la Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DeRS), desarrollada por Gratz y Roemer (2004), con el objetivo de evaluar problemas de regulación emocional desde una perspectiva integradora del concepto. el DeRS es un cuestionario de auto-reporte que permite medir dificultades en la regulación emocional clínicamente relevantes, dada la importancia de este proceso en la explicación de síntomas y comportamientos desadaptativos (Coutinho, et al, 2010). Basados en una conceptualización comprensiva de la regulación emocional, los autores plantean que una regulación emocional adaptativa no tendría que ver solamente con el control de las emociones, sino que implicaría tener conciencia, comprensión y aceptación de las mismas.…”

Influência da autoestima, da regulação emocional e do gênero no bem-estar subjetivo e psicológico de adolescentes

“…Os avanços na neurociência têm permitido um conhecimento mais preciso das conexões e circuitos neurobiológicos associados às emoções 15 , além da sua implicação na tomada de decisões em diferentes situações da vida cotidiana 16 . No âmbito da psicologia clínica, as emoções e a capacidade de regulação emocional estão presentes num vasto conjunto de perturbações psicológicas 17,18 . A relação entre a capacidade de regulação emocional e o bem-estar tem sido, sobretudo, objeto de investigação em populações adultas, daí a importância de estudar essa relação na adolescência.…”