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

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Table 3 Model fit indexes of two factor structures of DERS-SF^a and factorial invariance for gender (n = 319)

Model	χ²	df	χ²/df	GFI	CFI	RMSEA	C.I.90%
1. Bifactor model without awareness (Moreira et al., 2020)	139.308*	65	2.143	0.944	0.978	0.060	0.046; 0.074
2. Correlated six-factor structure^b	245.309*	120	2.044	0.921	0.965	0.057	0.047; 0.068
2a. Unconstrained	387.387*	240	1.614	0.884	0.958	0.044	0.036; 0.052
2b. Factor loadings	395.036*	252	1.568	0.882	0.960	0.042	0.034; 0.050
2c. Structural covariances	414.078*	273	1.517	0.878	0.960	0.040	0.032; 0.048
2d. Measurement residuals	428.470*	291	1.472	0.874	0.961	0.039	0.031; 0.046

* p ≤ 0.001
^aDERS-SF Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Short Form
^bThis model results from the similar factorial structure obtained in EFA and by Kaufman et al. (2016)