Normative reference interval for youths on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is widely used in both clinical and non-clinical research to assess emotional regulation difficulties. To guide interpretation of scores, establishing thresholds for normative DERS scores is informative. However, despite its widespread use, to date no study has provided such threshold for youths. This literature review aimed to fill this gap by examining the 90% reference interval for the DERS in youths aged 11-19 years.

Methods

We conducted a systematic search on PubMed (MEDLINE) on 12 March 2024, to identify studies reporting DERS-36 total scores (DERS-T) in youths aged 11-19 years from either community-based populations or healthy volunteers.

Results

A total of 34 studies were included; 20 studies inclu

SUBMITTER: Thoustrup CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11694350 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature