The development and psychometric evaluation of a new measure of dissociative activities

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-196

  Mayer, Jennifer L ^a   Farmer, Richard F ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SCALE OF DISSOCIATIVE ACTIVITIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038557196     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8002_07     Document Type: Article

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