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Consequently, a short-form version of the DERS (DERS-SF) was developed, which requires cross-cultural adaptations and the study of its reliability and validity.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>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.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The sample comprised 646 participants aged between 18 and 66 years (<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic> = 29.93, <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic> = 11.71).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>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.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>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.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s41155-022-00214-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,6]],"date-time":"2022-05-06T12:17:48Z","timestamp":1651839468000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale \u2013 Short Form (DERS-SF): psychometric properties and invariance between genders"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"35","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2524-9868","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patr\u00edcia","family":"Gouveia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2867-1466","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Catarina","family":"Ramos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8558-6754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Brito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3354-7809","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Telma C.","family":"Almeida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6037-3210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Cardoso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"214_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"284","DOI":"10.1007\/s10862-015-9514-x","volume":"38","author":"J Bjureberg","year":"2016","unstructured":"Bjureberg, J., Ljotsson, B., Tull, M. 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