SynthesisJournal of psychiatric research2025
Assessing dissociation: A systematic review and evaluation of existing measures.
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- The severity of dissociation and dissociative phenomena in non-affective psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Development and validation of a short-form (6-item) version of the clinician-administered dissociative states scale (CADSS-SF).European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Trauma subgroups among individuals with eating disorders: a latent profile analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Relationship between emotional competence, dissociative symptoms and borderline personality disorder traits in female adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Momentary predictors of dissociation in functional neurological disorder: an ecological momentary assessment-based pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Dissociative Symptoms Scale-Brief Across Five Arab Countries.Public health challenges · 2025Article
- The Induction of Dissociative States: A Meta-Analysis.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Rethinking chronic pain: a dissociative framework for psychodynamic practice.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Article
- Relationships between depersonalization-derealization symptoms and separation anxiety in adult patients with mood and anxiety disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Disturbances in Self-Organization and Dissociation in the Therapeutic Field: Affective Responses and Relational Disconnection.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis review aimed to assess the psychometric properties and methodological quality of existing dissociation measures.
methodsMEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched in May 2023 using comprehensive search terms for 'dissociation' combined with terms for 'measurement' and 'psychometric properties'. The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42023423485) and followed PRISMA and COSMIN guidelines. We assessed content validity, structural validity, cross-cultural validity, and different indices of reliability comprising 1) reliability (test-retest, inter-rater, intra-rater), 2) internal consistency, and 3) measurement error.
resultsOf 7570 studies, 170 were eligible, revealing 44 measures of dissociation (86% trait dissociation, 14% state dissociation) and their 14 adapted versions. None of the measures met all COSMIN criteria for good psychometric properties and high methodological quality. Overall, methodological quality was rated as follows: 'doubtful' for content validity, 'adequate' for measurement error and cross-cultural validity, and 'very good' for structural validity and internal consistency. Most included studies did not assess the reliability of investigated measures.
conclusionThe Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), adolescent DES, Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire, Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire-20, and Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale demonstrated strong evidence for measuring general, child/adolescent, trauma-related (state) or somatoform dissociation, and depersonalisation, respectively. Future research should refine or develop dissociation measures following COSMIN guidelines to ensure robust methodology and psychometric properties.
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