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 |