Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - 16 item version (DERS-16) 情绪调节困难量表

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The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – 16 item version (DERS-16) is a self-report measure that assesses individuals’ typical levels of difficulties in emotion regulation. Based upon the original 36 item version DERS, the DERS-16 uses a clinically-useful conceptualization of emotion regulation that was developed to be applicable to a wide variety of psychological difficulties and relevant to clinical applications and treatment development (Gratz, 2007; Gratz & Tull, 2010). The DERS-16 assesses five aspects of difficulties in emotion regulation:

Nonacceptance of emotional responses
Difficulty engaging in goal-directed behaviour
Impulse control difficulties
Limited access to emotion regulation strategies
Lack of emotional clarity

Emotion regulation broadly refers to the intrinsic and extrinsic processes involved in monitoring, evaluating, and modulating emotional reactions in order to accomplish one’s goals (Thompson, 1994). Inherent within this definition of emotion regulation is the idea that emotions are functional, providing information about our environment and motivating behaviours that may facilitate adaptation to situational demands (Izard & Ackerman, 2000). Conversely, difficulties in the awareness, understanding, or modulation of emotion may interfere with adaptation and contribute to a wide range of negative outcomes. Indeed, a rapidly growing body of research offers support for the role of emotion regulation difficulties in multiple forms of psychopathology and maladaptive behaviours (Cichetti, Ackerman, & Izard, 1995; Gratz & Tull, 2010; Gross & Jazaieri, 2014; Sheppes, Suri, & Gross, 2015).

The DERS-16 can be especially useful in helping patients identify areas for growth in how they respond to their emotions, especially those with Borderline Personality Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder or Substance Use Disorder.