Gender-based differential item function for the difficulties in emotion regulation scale

被引：25

作者：

Anderson, Lisa M. ^{[1
]}

Reilly, Erin E. ^{[1
]}

Gorrell, Sasha ^{[1
]}

Schaumberg, Katherine ^{[1
,2
]}

Anderson, Drew A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY Albany, Dept Psychol, Social Sci 399, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USA

[2] Drexel Univ, Dept Psychol, 3141 Chestnut St,Stratton Hall 119, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2016年 / 92卷

关键词：

Emotion regulation; Differential item functioning; Gender; Difficulties in emotion regulation scale; NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; CES-D; DEPRESSION; STRATEGIES; INDEX; SHAME; BIAS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.016

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Emotion dysregulation is a mechanism central to the development and maintenance of various psychological disorders. Notably, men and women may differ in their experience of emotion regulation; for instance, women generally report more frequent use of problematic emotion regulation strategies. While considering the possibility that true gender differences in emotion regulation exist, it is also important to ensure that measures assessing the process of emotion regulation are not biased toward one group over the other. The current study examined differential item functioning (DIF) in a commonly used, 36-item measure of emotion dysregulation - the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Participants (N = 679, 48.3% women) completed the DERS. Results demonstrated statistically-significant DIF in several of the items; two items met more stringent criteria for clinically-significant DIF. Findings suggest that further evaluation of emotion regulation measures may yield insight regarding the assessment of gender differences for emotion regulation and related constructs. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：87 / 91

页数：5

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