Reliability and validity of a Swedish version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II)

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-142

  Körlin, Dag ^a   Edman, Gunnar ^b   Nybäck, Henrik ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Jakobsbergs sjukhus ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attachment disorder; Dissociation; Dissociative disorder; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247139245     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480701226112     Document Type: Article

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