___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 07-25-2017 last updated: 06-06-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 06-06-2023 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) as described in: Gratz, K. L. & Roemer, L. (2004). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation: Development, factor structure, and initial validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26, 41-54. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36 5-point Likert questions loading on 6 subscales ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 4minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'ders.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) 1 = almost never 5 = almost always Note: R=reversed scored questions using scale 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'DERS_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) TOTAL: sum of all 6 subscale scores NONACCEPT: Nonacceptance of emotional responses (NONACCEPT): 11, 12, 21, 23, 25, 29 GOALS: Difficulty engaging in Goal-directed behavior (GOALS): 13, 18, 20R, 26, 33 IMPULSE: Impulse control difficulties (IMPULSE): 3, 14, 19, 24R, 27, 32 AWARENESS: Lack of emotional awareness (AWARENESS): 2R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 17R, 34R STRATEGIES: Limited access to emotion regulation strategies (STRATEGIES): 15, 16, 22R, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36 CLARITY: Lack of emotional clarity (CLARITY): 1R, 4, 5, 7R, 9 **”R” indicates reverse scored item + individual responses to the 36 questions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Slightly adapted for the computer - can be edited under section Editable Parameters ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /pageinstructions: the instructions that appear on every surveypage