Psychometric properties of a Turkish version of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; developed by Gratz & Roemer, 2004) in a Turkish sample. For this purpose, first, the factor structure of the scale was examined with a sample of 338 university students, and an identical factor structure with the original scale was obtained with the exclusion of a single item. Following the confirmation of the 6-factor structure of the scale with the current Turkish sample, the whole scale's and its six subscales' reliability coefficients were examined via internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients. These reliability analyses indicated satisfactory coefficients. As for the concurrent validity, the correlations of DERS and its subscales with measures of psychological distress were examined. This examination generally revealed strong correlations, although the awareness factor of DERS had relatively weaker correlations with the measures of psychological distress. Finally, concerning the criterion validity, all the measures of DERS could significantly differentiate the participants with "high psychological distress" from those with "low psychological distress"; however, for the awareness subscale the effect size was small. These findings were discussed in line with the relevant literature.

Developing Age and Gender Adjusted Normative Reference Values for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

“…This finding is overall in line with previous DERS literature ( Giromini et al, 2012;Hervás & Jódar, 2008;Rugancı & Gençöz, 2010), albeit some studies did report statistically significant gender differences for one of the DERS scales, i.e., Awareness (Gratz & Roemer, 2004;Mitsopoulou et al, 2013). In our opinion, because the available studies on the association of gender to DERS scores have so far produced only mixed or controversial results, it is important at this stage of knowledge to retain gender in the equation formulas leading up to the adjusted, normative reference scores for the DERS.…”

“…Within the Brazilian sample (Miguel et al, 2016), women scored slightly higher than men on Nonacceptance and Impulse, but no other significant gender differences emerged. The Italian (Giromini et al, 2012), Spanish (Hervás & Jódar, 2008, and Turkish (Rugancı & Gençöz, 2010) validation studies of the DERS did not detect any significant gender differences, for any of the DERS scores. Conversely, using a sample of Turkish adolescents, Sarıtaş-Atalar, Gençöz e Özen (2013) recently found that women scored higher than men did on Goals, whereas men scored higher than women did on Awareness; however, no other significant gender differences were observed for any of the other dimensions.…”

“…In particular, an Italian (Giromini, Velotti, de Campora, Bonalume, & Zavattini, 2012), Turkish (Rugancı & Gençöz, 2010), Spanish (Hervás & Jódar, 2008, Korean (Cho & Hong, 2013) …”

The Mediator Role of Romantic Jealousy and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Between Emotional Intelligence and Relationship Satisfaction

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The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology Symptoms in Turkish and American Students

“…The Cronbach alpha was 0.93 for the overall scale with subscale alphas ranging from 0.80 to 0.98. Rugancı and Gençöz (2010) validated the Turkish version of the DERS and reported a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94 for the overall measure and subscale alphas between 0.75 and 0.90 Symptom Checklist-90. Psychopathological symptoms were measured by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL90-R: Derogatis, 1983) which is a 90 item self-report measure.…”