@Article{jpa.2025.065774,
AUTHOR = {Yali Zhang, Hao Jiang, Yuewen Bian, Fuhai Zhang},
TITLE = {Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the difficulties in emotion regulation Scale-8 in Chinese adolescents},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Psychology in Africa},
VOLUME = {35},
YEAR = {2025},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {271--275},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jpa/v35n2/62728},
ISSN = {1815-5626},
ABSTRACT = {This study aimed to determine the reliability, validity and measurement invariance of scores from the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-8 in Chinese context. A total of 1114 Chinese adolescents were participants in three phases: N = 424 for the initial DERS-8 measure completion; N = 586 the DERS-8, General Anxiety Disorder Scale, Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale completion, with an interval of one month. Then an additional 104 adolescents also completed DERS-8, General Anxiety Disorder Scale, Depression Scale and Emotion Regulation Scale. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-factor model of the scale, and the fitness indicators were χ<sup>2</sup>/df = 4.05, RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = 0.98, and TLI = 0.97. Each item of the DERS-8 had good discrimination. The internal consistency reliability coefficient, split-half reliability coefficient and test-retest reliability coefficient of the scale scores were 0.90, 0.87 and 0.66, respectively. The findings suggest the Chinese version of the DERS-8 is a reliable measure of difficulty of emotion regulation in Chinese adolescents.},
DOI = {10.32604/jpa.2025.065774}
}