Factor Structure and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Difficulties in the Regulation of Positive Emotions: The DERS-Positive

Weiss, Nicole H.; Gratz, Kim L.; Lavender, Jason M.

doi:10.1177/0145445514566504

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Factor Structure and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Difficulties in the Regulation of Positive Emotions: The DERS-Positive

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Weiss, Nicole H., Gratz, Kim L., Lavender, Jason M.·2015·Behavior Modification

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Emotion regulation difficulties are a transdiagnostic construct relevant to numerous clinical difficulties. Although the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a multidimensional measure of maladaptive ways of responding to emotions, it focuses on difficulties with the regulation of negative emotions and does not assess emotion dysregulation in the form of problematic responding to positive emotions. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of clinically relevant difficulties in the regulation of positive emotions (DERS-Positive). Findings revealed a three-factor structure and supported the internal consistency and construct validity of the total and subscale scores.

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Childhood adversity and adult health-risk behaviors: Examining the roles of emotion dysregulation and urgency
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Difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse: A path analysis
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Current Progress and Future Directions for Theory and Research on Savoring
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Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review
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Clusters of trauma types as measured by the Life Events Checklist for DSM–5.
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Emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder: a test of the incremental role of difficulties regulating positive emotions
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Testing bidirectional associations among emotion regulation strategies and substance use: a daily diary study
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Extending our understanding of the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and positive emotion dysregulation: A network analysis approach
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Heterogeneity in emotion regulation difficulties among women victims of domestic violence: A latent profile analysis
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Emotion regulation difficulties in PTSD
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An integrative perspective on the interplay between early maladaptive schemas and mental health: The role of self‐compassion and emotion regulation
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Emotion Understanding in Clinically Anxious Children: A Preliminary Investigation
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Positive Emotion Dysregulation Among Community Individuals: The Role of Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Profiles of Emotion Dysregulation Among University Students Who Self-Injure: Associations with Parent–Child Relationships and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Characteristics
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Measurement Invariance of Two Measures of Alexithymia in Students Who Do and Who Do Not Engage in Non-suicidal Self-Injury and Risky Drinking
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Positive Internal Experiences in PTSD Interventions: A Critical Review
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The interplay of negative and positive emotion dysregulation on mental health outcomes among trauma-exposed community individuals.
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A brief report on dysregulation of positive emotions and impulsivity: Their roles in gambling disorder
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Assessing the Negative and Positive Emotion-Dependent Nature of Risky Behaviors Among Substance Dependent Patients
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Daily relationship between positive affect and drinking to cope: the moderating role of difficulties regulating positive emotions
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A Fear of COVID-19 and PTSD Symptoms in Pathological Personality: The Mediating Effect of Dissociation and Emotion Dysregulation
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Do Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions Contribute to Risky Sexual Behavior? A Path Analysis
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Assessing Alexithymia: Psychometric Properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire in a Spanish-Speaking Sample
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Moderating effects of dysregulation and fear of positive emotions on the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count
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Alcohol to down-regulate negative and positive emotions: Extending our understanding of the functional role of alcohol in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder
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Assessing alexithymia in adults with acquired brain injury: Psychometric properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire
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Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans
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Assessing Emotion Regulation Ability for Negative and Positive Emotions: Psychometrics of the Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory in United States Adults
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The differential relation of trauma types with negative and positive emotion dysregulation
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Anxiety Sensitivity Moderates the Effect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Emotion Dysregulation among Trauma-Exposed Firefighters
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Influence of poor emotion regulation on disrupted sleep and subsequent psychiatric symptoms in university students
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Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Indirect Effects Through Negative and Positive Emotion Dysregulation
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Biased and inflexible interpretations of ambiguous social situations: Associations with eating disorder symptoms and socioemotional functioning
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Borderline personality disorder and multidimensional impulsivity: The roles of positive and negative emotion dysregulation
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Initial psychometric studies of the Emotional Self-Regulation Scale: Adult and child-youth versions
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Open label pilot study on posttrauma health impacts of the Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT).
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Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Positive Emotion Dysregulation on Risky Behavior Following Idiographic Emotion Inductions
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The Role of Impulsivity Dimensions in the Relation Between Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Aggressive Behavior Among Substance Users
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Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation.
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Digital Phenotype for Childhood Internalizing Disorders: Less Positive Play and Promise for a Brief Assessment Battery
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A Preliminary Examination of Negative Affect, Emotion Dysregulation, and Risky Behaviors Among Military Veterans in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
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Positive emotion dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Investigating the role of anxiety sensitivity
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Limited Access to Emotion Regulation Strategies Mediates the Association Between Positive Urgency and Sustained Binge Drinking in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
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Longitudinal Investigation of Bidirectional Relations Between Childhood Trauma and Emotion-Driven Impulsivity in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
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Association of positive emotion dysregulation to resting heart rate variability: The influence of positive affect intensity
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Which Emotion Regulation Strategies are Most Associated with Trait Emotion Dysregulation? A Transdiagnostic Examination
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Factorial Structure of the Emotional Beliefs Questionnaire: Testing Measurement Invariance and Competitive Models
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Difficulties with positive emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa
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Measuring Emotion Dysregulation in Daily Life: An Experience Sampling Study
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Distinct aspects of emotion dysregulation differentially correspond to magnitude and slope of the late positive potential to affective stimuli
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Positive affect processes and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Findings from an open label and uncontrolled pilot study using the positive memory processing technique.
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The relations between hyperfocus and similar attentional states, adult ADHD symptoms, and affective dysfunction
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Positive Emotion Dysregulation and Social Impairments in Adolescents with and without ADHD
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Instrumentos de autorregulação emocional: uma revisão de literatura
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Investigating the Path from Non-Suicidal Self-Injury to Suicidal Ideation: The Moderating Role of Emotion Dysregulation
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Do positive memory characteristics influence daily-level trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms? an exploratory daily diary study
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol and Drug Misuse Among IPV-Victimized Women: Exploring the Role of Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions
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Factor Structure and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Difficulties in the Regulation of Positive Emotions: The DERS-Positive. Copyright: Weiss, N. H.; Gratz, K. L.; Lavender, J. M.
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Authors: Weiss, N. H., Gratz, K. L., & Lavender, J. M.
Affiliations: University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author: Gratz, Kim L.
ORCID: Weiss, Nicole H.
Gratz, Kim L.
Lavender, Jason M.
Venue: Behavior Modification
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-01-09
Volume: 39
Issue: 3
Pages: 431-453
ISSN: 0145-4455 (ISSN-L)
1552-4167
DOI: 10.1177/0145445514566504
PMC: PMC4420643
OpenAlex: W2075682630
Cited by: 212
References: 81
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7
FWCI: 14.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Behavior Modification (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse (L30DA038349, T32DA019426)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords: positive emotion regulation, emotional dysregulation, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, factor structure, scale validation, transdiagnostic constructs, maladaptive emotion regulation, construct validity
MeSH terms: Adult, Affective Symptoms, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self-Assessment, Social Control, Formal, Reproducibility of Results

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