[Validation study of the dissociative experiences scale in Spanish population sample].
Bernstein and Putnam's Dissociative Experiences Scale is a standarized, often validated instrument, useful in the screening of dissociative symptoms. We applied the scale in a Spenish population sample in order to obtain baseline data regarding dissociative experiences in our country. On the other hand, we persued a transcultural validation of the scale. We found in our sample similar data as those obtained in other American and European studies, although Spanish psychiatric patients seem to have a notable difficulty in handling with the concept of "amount of time" used in the scale as a cuantification of the different dissociative experiences.
Dept. Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain