Psychometric characteristics of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire: A replication study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Nijenhuis, Ellert R S ^a,b   Spinhoven, Philip ^c   Van Dyck, Richard ^a   Van Der Hart, Onno ^d   Vanderlinden, Johan ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b General Psychiatric Hospital Drenthe   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Dissociative disorders; Measurement; Screening instrument; Self report questionnaire; Somatoform dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031964804     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012254     Document Type: Article

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