Correlates of the Dysregulation Profile Among Emerging Adults

Szkody, Erica; Stearns, Melanie; McKinney, Cliff

doi:10.1007/s10862-020-09807-6

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“…This combination of characteristics is used to identify children who manifest self-regulation difficulties across affect, behavior, and cognition. Similar to the p factor, the Dysregulation Profile is influenced by non-specific predictors of psychopathology, such as temperament and familial psychopathology (Szkody et al, 2021), but also predicts elevated mental health problems in adulthood, including substance abuse and suicidal behavior (Holtmann et al, 2011; Szkody et al, 2021). The Dysregulation Profile originates from a person-centered approach of conceptualizing the co-occurrence of mental health difficulties (Basten et al, 2013; Vaidyanathan et al, 2011).…”

Section: Conceptualizing the Co-occurrence Of Internalizing And Exter...mentioning

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Co-occurrence of internalizing difficulties and aggression in early childhood and risk of mental health problems in middle childhood

Tsotsi

Yew

Coplan

et al. 2023

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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The goal of this prospective longitudinal study was to explore whether co-occurrent internalizing difficulties and aggression in early childhood convey increased risk for later mental health problems in middle childhood. Participants were mothers from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), who provided assessments of child internalizing difficulties and aggression at ages 3 years ( n = 54,644; 26,750 girls) and 5 years ( n = 38,177; 18,794 girls), as measures of child depressive, anxiety, conduct-related, and oppositional defiant (OD) symptoms at age 8 years. Using latent profile analyses (LPA) of internalizing difficulties and aggression, four profiles were identified: low-symptom/normative; primarily internalizing; primarily aggressive; and co-occurrent. Among the other results, the co-occurrent group exhibited the highest levels of depressive, anxiety, and oppositional defiant symptoms at 8 years. Most children (78%) remained stable in their profile between ages 3 and 5 years. Among the transition patterns that emerged, transitions were observed both from the normative to a risk profile and vice versa. Children who remained stable within the co-occurrent profile or who transitioned from the co-occurrent profile to one of the other two risk profiles also exhibited more depressive, anxiety, and OD symptoms at 8 years of age, when compared with children who transitioned from the co-occurrent to the normative profile. The heterogeneity between early manifestation of internalizing difficulties and aggression, and specific type of later mental health symptoms not only supports a shared etiology between internalizing and externalizing difficulties but also points toward the need for person-centered monitoring in early childhood with further implications for early identification of difficulties and preventive measures.

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Section: Conceptualizing the Co-occurrence Of Internalizing And Exter...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Co-occurrence of internalizing difficulties and aggression in early childhood and risk of mental health problems in middle childhood

Tsotsi

Yew

Coplan

et al. 2023

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Validation of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (ders-28) in spanish young adult substance users

González-Roz,

Postigo,

Castaño

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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The 28-item Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is widely used to measure Emotional Dysregulation (ED). However, its psychometric performance has not been examined in Spanish-speaking substance users. This study aimed to validate the DERS-28 in 1,676 [M = 19.56 (SD = 1.70), % women = 64.6] young adults with past-month substance use. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as reliability assessments using Classical Test and Item Response Theories, were conducted. The analyses supported a bifactor solution (invariant to sex) comprising five specific dimensions and a general factor (ED), each demonstrating adequate score reliability. Bifactor indices indicated an essentially unidimensional latent structure (ωHG = .808; ECVG = .554; H = .951; FD = .966). Convergent validity (values of |r| ranged between .036-.645) was supported by associations with clinical variables, including measures of substance use related problems, anxiety, stress, and depression. Among the DERS-28 dimensions, lack of control exhibited the largest effects. Despite its reliability and validity, limitations such as self-reported substance use and recruitment in college settings should be considered. In conclusion, the DERS-28 proves to be a reliable and valid tool, demonstrating utility for prevention purposes among young adults.

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