Adaptation and psychometric properties of the German version of the dissociative experience scale

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 799-809

  Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Stieglitz, Rolf Dieter ^b   Carlson, Eve B ^c   Kuhn, Gabriela ^d   Magdeburg, Norbert ^d   Kessler, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Clinical Psychology Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversion; Dissociation; Dissociative Experience Scale; Psychometric properties; Screening measure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

EID: 0031672558     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024457819547     Document Type: Article

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