A Chinese Adaptation of the Distress Tolerance Scale among Adolescents: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties
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The factor structures found in previous studies of the DTS in youths were not consistent.
“Moreover, the factor structures found in these previous studies were not consistent.”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) had been adapted for American and Chinese youth but never for European youth.
“The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) was adapted for American and Chinese youth, but never for European youth.”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
The factor structure and psychometric properties of the DTS in youths have been analyzed only in Chinese and American populations.
“the factor structure and psychometric properties of the DTS in youths have been analyzed in only Chinese and American populations.”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
In Tonarely and Ehrenreich-May's clinical sample, the DTS factor structure was similar to Simons and Gaher's, but only tolerance, appraisal and absorption comprised the higher-order factor.
“Within the clinical sample, the factor structure was similar to that suggested by Simons and Gaher [1]. Nevertheless, similar to the findings of You and Leung [38], only tolerance, appraisal and absorption comprised the higher-order factor.”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
You and Leung confirmed the original four-factor structure of the DTS in Chinese adolescents, although Item 6 was moved from the appraisal to the regulation subscale.
“You and Leung [38] confirmed the original four-factor structure (although Item 6 was moved from the appraisal to the regulation subscale).”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
You and Leung postulated that only three of the four first-order factors, tolerance, appraisal and absorption, comprised the general distress tolerance factor.
“the authors postulated that only three of the four first-order factors comprised the general distress tolerance factor: tolerance, appraisal and absorption [38].”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
The DTS was later adapted for use in clinical and nonclinical samples of children and adolescents in Chinese and American populations.
“the DTS was later adapted for use in clinical and nonclinical samples of children and adolescents in Chinese and American populations (e.g., [38,50])”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
The sex difference result is partially consistent with previous studies in youth or adult samples in which females reported lower levels of distress tolerance than males.
“This result is partially consistent with previous studies, in either youth or adult samples, in which females reported lower levels of distress tolerance than males [1,38,50,68].”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
Model 3 was proposed by You and Leung, based on a nonclinical sample of adolescents.
“Model 3 was proposed by You and Leung [38], based on a nonclinical sample of adolescents”
From The Factorial Structure, Psychometric Properties and Sensitivity to Change of the Distress Tolerance Scale for Children with Emotional Disorders. (2024) · cites this paper as [38]
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- Authors
- You, J., & Leung, F.
- Affiliations
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Leung, Freedom
- ORCID
- You, Jianing
- Venue
- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
- Published
- 2011-09-06
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 136-144
- ISSN
- 0164-0305 (ISSN-L)
- 0882-2689
- 1573-3505
- OpenAlex
- W2024859717
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- Distress Tolerance Scale, distress tolerance, Chinese adolescents, cross-cultural adaptation, factor structure, psychometric properties, emotion regulation, emotional reactivity, negative affectivity, gender differences, test-retest reliability, convergent validity
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