title: Pathological dissociation as measured by the child dissociative checklist.
abstract: The component structure of the Child Dissociative Checklist was examined among abused children. A factor described as pathological dissociation emerged that was predicted by participants being male. There also were differences in pathological dissociation between groups of sexually abused and physically abused children. Replication of this factor and the establishment of base rates for various groups of children are recommended so that the Child Dissociative Checklist might be used to more effectively eliminate false positives and increase true positives in the screening and ultimate treatment of dissociative children.
authors.affiliation: Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, USA. jeffrey.wherry@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wherry
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Neil
authors.forename: Tamara N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept