Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 151-153 : The dissociative experiences scale: further replication and validation
| dc.contributor.author | Frischholz, Edward J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Braun, Bennett G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sachs, Roberta G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hopkins, Laura | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shaeffer, Denise | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Jennifer | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leavitt, Frank | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pasquotto, James N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schwartz, David R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-13T20:29:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-10-13T20:29:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990-09 | |
| dc.description | p. 151-153 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the present study was to provide further evidence in support of the validity of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) as a reliable measure of dissociative psychopathology. The DES was administered to 259 college students, 33 patients with multiple personality disorder (MPD), and 29 patients with a dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS). The inter-rater reliability for the DES scoring procedure was excellent (coefficient of absolute agreement=.96; coefficient of relative agreement =.99). The test retest reliability of DES scores (within approximately one month) was also excellent (coefficient of absolute agreement =.93; coefficient of relative agreement=.96) and suggests that DES total scores are temporally stable and similar in absolute value across testings. Finally, the internal consistency of DES scores was also very high (alpha for students=.93; alpha for MPD patients =.94; alpha for DDNOS patients=.94; alpha for the combined total sample=.95). Both MPD (mean DES score =55.0) and DDNOS patients (mean DES score =40.8) earned significantly higher DES scores than students (mean DES score=23.8). In addition, MPD patients earned significantly higher DES scores than DDNOS patients. The results of the present study also suggest that a DES cutoff score of 45 to 55 maximizes the probability of correctly classifying students from dissociative disorder patients (87%) while minimizing the rates of false positive (2 to 6 %) and false negative errors (7 to 11%). Suggestions for further validation research are also made. | en |
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| dc.identifier.issn | 0896-2863 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1653 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation | en |
| dc.title | Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 151-153 : The dissociative experiences scale: further replication and validation | en |
| dc.title.alternative | The dissociative experiences scale: further replication and validation | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |