Keywords
psychometric properties
undergraduate
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Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to validate the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) in the university population of Cordoba, Argentina. A convenience sample of 211 undergraduates enrolled in different careers was recruited. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a six-factor structure similar to the original version which explained 50.79% of the variance. Examination of internal consistency and concurrent validity with neuroticism and extraversion traits of IPIP-FFM revealed satisfactory results. Finally, studies examining gender differences showed a significant although small difference in the factor “lack of emotional clarity” for women (t = 2.19; df = 209; p < 0.05; d = 0.17). In general, results are promising and enable the development of further researches that examine the role of difficulties in emotion regulation at the university context of Cordoba.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights. Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.