Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4 (Dec. 1994)

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    Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 204-211 : Further validation of the child dissociative checklist
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-12) Putnam, Frank W., 1947-; Peterson, Gary
    The Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) is a 20-item parent/adult observer report measure of dissociative behaviors. The processes of establishing the reliability, validity and limitations of such an instrument includes its use by different investigators and under different conditions. This study compared CDCs completed by parents and guardians of children with analogous dissociation scales completed by the children's primary therapists. In this sample the CDC had a Cronbach's alpha of .86 and was significantly correlated with the two clinician-completed measures of dissociation. The CDC was able to statistically discriminate between children diagnosed as having multiple personality disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified. The results provide further evidence that the CDC is a useful, reliable and valid screening tool for the detection of pathological dissociation in children.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 212-220 : Preliminary results of the field trial of proposed criteria for dissociative disorder of childhood
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-12) Peterson, Gary; Putnam, Frank W., 1947-
    Despite recent increased awareness of child and adolescent dissociative disorders, the lack of an official "sanction" by the inclusion of specific diagnostic entities in the DSM-III-R/ W has seriously impeded the acceptance of these conditions in youthful population. There are also widespread concerns that the adult-oriented DSM criteria are often inappropriate for child and adolescent cases. To correct these deficiencies, the diagnosis of Dissociative Disorder of Childhood (DDoC) has been proposed. A preliminary, questionnaire-based, field trial was initiated to test the proposed DDoC criteria. Results indicate that the DDoC criteria identify a group of children who do not meet DSM-III-R/ IV criteria for multiple personality disorder, but who nonetheless have significant levels of dissociative symptoms. These criteria also serve to discriminate children with DDoC from another group of children, frequently labeled with Dissociative Disorder NOS, who have a different clinical picture. Based on these data, DDoC criteria will be further refined.