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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• emotion regulation
• reference interval
• the difficulties in emotion regulation scale
• youths