About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Nonacceptance of emotional responses (NONACCEPT); Difficulty engaging in Goal-directed behaviour (GOALS); Impulse control difficulties (IMPULSE); Lack of emotional awareness (AWARENESS); Limited access to emotion regulation strategies (STRATEGIES); Lack of emotional clarity (CLARITY) |
| Description | The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a well validated and widely used self-report measure for assessing emotion regulation problems among adolescents and adults. |
| Example | I am clear about my feelings |
| Link | http://cairncenter.com/forms/difficultiesinemotionalregulation_scale.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 36 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-17 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .72-.87 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | CFI= 0.92 TLI= 0.91 RMSEA = 0.05 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | r= [-.10,.64] (Depression) |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Neumann, A., van Lier, P.A.C., Gratz, K.L. & Koot, H.M. (2009). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Assessment, 17(1), 138 - 149. doi:10.1177/1073191109349579 |