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The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) is a psychological self-assessment questionnaire that measures dissociative symptoms. It contains twenty-eight questions and returns an overall score as well as four sub-scale results.[1] DES is intended to be a screening test, since only 17% of patients with scores over 30 will be diagnosed with having Dissociative Identity Disorder.[2] Patients with lower scores above normal may have other post-traumatic conditions.
The DES-II contains the same questions but with a different response scale.[3]
External links[]
- A sample adolescent DES test from Southeast Institute, Chapel Hill, NC
- Online DES
- DES-II pdf version
- International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
References[]
- ↑ Bernstein EM, Putnam FW (1986). Development, reliability, and validity of a dissociation scale. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 174 (12): 727–35. DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198612000-00004. PMID: 3783140.
- ↑ Dissociative Experiences Scale. URL accessed on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ The University of Adelaide Library. URL accessed on 2009-03-26.
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