The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form (DERS-SF): psychometric properties and invariance between genders

Background: The understanding of how individuals manage their emotional experiences has flourished dramatically over the last decades, including assessing of emotion (dys) regulation. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a well-validated and extensively used self-report instrument for emotion regulation problems. Despite the wide use of DERS in both clinical and research settings, its length potentially increases fatigue and frustration in respondents and limits its inclusion in brief research protocols. Consequently, a short-form version of the DERS (DERSSF) was developed, which requires cross-cultural adaptations and the study of its reliability and validity. Objectives: In order to address this issue, this study aimed to analyze the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of DERS-SF and examine the DERS-SF factor structure invariance between men and women. Methods: The sample comprised 646 participants aged between 18 and 66 years (M = 29.93, SD = 11.71). Results: The correlated six-factor structure of the original version has an acceptable fit, good reliability, and convergent validity. Our results also suggested the invariance of the factor structure of the DERS-SF across genders. Conclusion: The DERS-SF has good psychometric properties, and it may be useful for future research and clinical work to use this six-factor brief version and improve emotion regulation assessment.

Análise comparativa entre presença de diastemas e tipos faciais / Comparative analysis between presence of diastemas and facial types

Objetivo: verificar a relação entre os diastemas e os tipos faciais. Métodos: pesquisa retrospectiva, por meio de análise de prontuários, de sujeitos de ambos os gêneros, entre 14 e 44 anos, nas cidades de Maceió e de Salvador, no período de 1999 a 2005, considerando: gênero, tipos faciais, idade, localização e presença de diastemas. Resultados: houve uma diferença significante entre a presença de diastema de acordo com o padrão facial, como também entre sua localização na arcada inferior ea faixa etária analisada. Conclusão: existiu significância estatística entre a presença de diastemas na arcada inferior e os padrões mesofacial e braquifacial, na faixa etária entre 14 e 34 anos.

Purpose: to verify the association between diastemas and facial types. Methods: retrospective research,with medical records analysis of people of both genders, between 14 and 44-year old, in Maceió and Salvador, from 1999 to 2005, considering gender, facial types, age, localization and diastema presence. Results: there was a significant difference between the presence of diastema according to the facial patterns, and also between its localization in the inferior arches and age range. Conclusion: there wasassociation between the occurrence of diastema in the inferior arches, and the mesofacial and braquifacial patterns, for the age range between 14 and 34-year old.