The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measure

Simons, Jeffrey S.; Gaher, Raluca M.

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“…To capture individual personality traits, the following measures were given during the screening session: the Distress Tolerance Scale, a reliable and valid self-report measure of emotional distress tolerance (Simons and Gaher 2005), and The State-Trait Anxiety questionnaire (Spielberger 1983), which measures trait level anxiety. The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; NIMH) was administered prior to the smoking lapse task in order to assess for depressive symptomatology over the week preceding the experimental session (Radloff 1977).…”

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Predictors of smoking lapse in a human laboratory paradigm

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Rationale During a smoking quit attempt, a single smoking lapse is highly predictive of future relapse. While several risk factors for a smoking lapse have been identified during clinical trials, a laboratory model of lapse was until recently unavailable and, therefore, it is unclear whether these characteristics also convey risk for lapse in a laboratory environment. Objectives The primary study goal was to examine whether real-world risk factors of lapse are also predictive of smoking behavior in a laboratory model of smoking lapse. Methods After overnight abstinence, 77 smokers completed the McKee smoking lapse task, in which they were presented with the choice of smoking or delaying in exchange for monetary reinforcement. Primary outcome measures were the latency to initiate smoking behavior and the number of cigarettes smoked during the lapse. Several baseline measures of smoking behavior, mood, and individual traits were examined as predictive factors. Results Craving to relieve the discomfort of withdrawal, withdrawal severity, and tension level were negatively predictive of latency to smoke. In contrast, average number of cigarettes smoked per day, withdrawal severity, level of nicotine dependence, craving for the positive effects of smoking, and craving to relieve the discomfort of withdrawal were positively predictive of number of cigarettes smoked. Conclusions The results suggest that real-world risk factors for smoking lapse are also predictive of smoking behavior in a laboratory model of lapse. Future studies using the McKee lapse task should account for between subject differences in the unique factors that independently predict each outcome measure.

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Section: Distal Measuresmentioning

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“…The summary suggests that the distress intolerance construct is represented by five distress intolerance constructs: uncertainty, ambiguity, physical discomfort, frustration, and negative emotion. Bardeen et al confirmed this summary based on a factor analysis of scores from subscales derived from the Intolerance of Uncertainty Index-Part A (Carleton, Gosselin, & Asmundson, 2010), the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (Buhr & Dugas, 2002), the Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance-I (McLain, 1993), the Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale-12 (Herman, Stevens, Bird, Mendenhall, & Oddou, 2010, a revised version of RE-REFINING DISTRESS INTOLERANCE 4 Budner's (1962) 16-item version), the Somatosensory Amplification Scale (Barsky, Wyshak, & Klerman, 1990), the DIS (Schmidt et al, 2006), the FDS (Harrington, 2005), and the DTS (Simons & Gaher, 2005).…”

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“…McHugh and Otto (2012) were the first to comprehensively synthesize a number of distress intolerance measures. They tested whether distress intolerance is comprised of a single construct by analysing the latent factor structure of four measures, including the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (Peterson & Reiss, 1992), the Frustration Discomfort Scale (FDS; Harrington, 2005), the Discomfort Intolerance Scale (DIS; Schmidt, Richey, & Fitzpatrick, 2006), and the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005). Factor analysis of the subscales scores supported a single-factor latent structure.…”

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Re-refining the measurement of distress intolerance

Bebane¹,

Flowe²,

Maltby³

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…THIS scale is a self-assessment index for emotional distress tolerance that was designed by Simons and Gaher [6]. The items of this scale assess distress tolerance based on individual abilities to tolerate emotional distress, mental assessment of distress, attention to negative emotions, and regulative measures to sedate distress.…”

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“…Distress tolerance is defined by person's ability in experiencing and tolerating negative emotional states [6]. Distress tolerance is an important structure in the development of new vision about mental disorders as well as prevention and treatment [7].…”

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The Effect of Short-Term Solution Focused Therapy on Distress Tolerance and Social Adjustment of Patients with MS in Sari

Kafaki¹

2017

AJAP

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Abstract:The present study aimed to investigate the effect of short-term solution focused therapy on distress tolerance and social adjustment of patients with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) in Sari. The sample of this study consisted of all MS patients in Sari who were members of MS society of Mazandaran province including 480 patients. Accordingly, two groups of 13 subjects, each including 10 women and 3 men, were randomly assigned into experimental group and control group. Using pretest and posttest, the effect of short-term solution focused therapy on the experimental group was investigated. For data collection, Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) and Social Adjustment Scale (SAS) were used. Data were processed using analysis of covariance and the results confirmed research hypotheses. This means that short-term solution focused therapy increased distress tolerance and social adjustment of patients with MS.

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The Distress Tolerance Scale: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Measure

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Predictors of smoking lapse in a human laboratory paradigm

Predictors of smoking lapse in a human laboratory paradigm

Re-refining the measurement of distress intolerance

The Effect of Short-Term Solution Focused Therapy on Distress Tolerance and Social Adjustment of Patients with MS in Sari

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