Yanina Michelini,
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
e Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas–Unidad
Ejecutora Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
Juan Carlos Godoy
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
e Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas–Unidad
Ejecutora Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
Abstract
Emotion dysregulation is a multidimensional construct determined by maladaptive ways of responding to emotions. Emerging adults (i.e., aged from 18 to 25/30), particularly college students, are vulnerable to involvement in risky behaviors under emotions. The State Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (S-DERS) became suitable to measure facets of momentary emotion dysregulation in this population; however, there are no confirmatory studies or studies of adaptation to the Spanish language. The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of S-DERS. A sample of 178 Argentine emerging college-age adults was evaluated (18-28 years old; 53.9% women; Mage= 22.03; DE ± 2.06). Internal structure and consistency of the original model (i.e., S-DERS; four factors: Nonacceptance, Awareness, Clarity, Modulation) and an alternative model without Clarity (i.e., S-DERS-R; three factors) was analyzed. Both models presented a factor structure with satisfactory fit and acceptable values of internal consistency, with the exception of the Clarity subscale. Mainly to Nonacceptance and Modulation subscales, we observed evidence of convergent validity with two-trait emotion dysregulation scales, concurrent validity with a positive and negative affect scale, and predictive validity with an emotion arousal measure. Results show suitable psychometric properties. The S-DERS-R model (i.e., without Clarity factor) improves the model fit and maintains acceptable internal consistency values with respect to the S-DERS model. This instrument is expected to be useful in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of state emotion dysregulation in college students.
Keywords: Emotion Dysregulation, DERS, Confirmatory Factorial Analysis, Emerging Adulthood, College Students, Argentina
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