Table 4.

Measures of Emotions and Emotion Regulation

	Self-Injuring	Depressed	Control
Item	n = 29	n = 28	n = 27	F	η2
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
DERS
Total	3.1 (.11)	2.6 (.11)	1.6 (.11)	50.1**	.55
Acceptance	2.9 (.17)	2.2 (.17)	1.5 (.17)	18.6††	.32
Goals	3.4 (.18)	3.4 (.18)	2.0 (.18)	20.7††	.34
Impulse Control	2.8 (.14)	2.0 (.14)	1.2 (.15)	29.3**	.42
Awareness	3.0 (.17)	2.9 (.18)	2.0 (.18)	10.2††	.20
Strategies	3.2 (.15)	2.7 (.15)	1.7 (.16)	39.4††	.49
Clarity	3.2 (.15)	2.7 (.15)	1.7 (.16)	24.3††	.38
NMR Total	81.9 (3.1)	89.1 (3.1)	120.5 (3.2)	41.9††	.51
PAES
Anger Out	10.2 (.40)	8.9 (.41)	6.9 (.42)	16.3††	.29
Anger Suppression	10.0 (.44)	10.1 (.45)	10.2 (.46)	0.1	.00
Anger Control	9.7 (.34)	10.8 (.34)	12.9 (.35)	22.9††	.36

Notes: DERS = Difficulty with Emotion Regulation Scale; NMR = Negative Mood Regulation; PAES = Pediatric Anger Expression Scale.

^††p ≤ .001 on comparison of SII vs. typical controls only.

^**p ≤ .001 on both comparisons (SII vs. depressed & SII vs. control).