The Dissociative Symptoms Scale (DSS): psychometric properties of scores on a German version in clinical samples

Dissociation is a widespread phenomenon with significant mental health implications. The 20-item Dissociative Symptoms Scale (Carlson et al., 2018) was developed to measure moderately severe levels of dissociation across a broad range of clinical populations. The factor structure of the Dissociative...

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Hauptverfasser: Heekerens, Johannes (VerfasserIn) , Biermann, Miriam (VerfasserIn) , Mocarz-Kleindienst, Maria (VerfasserIn) , Vonderlin, Ruben (VerfasserIn) , Lyssenko, Lisa (VerfasserIn) , Hofmann, Valerie X. C. (VerfasserIn) , Carlson, Eve B. (VerfasserIn) , Enning, Frank (VerfasserIn) , Schmahl, Christian (VerfasserIn) , Kleindienst, Nikolaus (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Psychological assessment

ISSN:1939-134X
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Verfasserangaben:Johannes B. Heekerens, Miriam Biermann, Maria Mocarz-Kleindienst, Ruben Vonderlin, Lisa Lyssenko, Valerie X. C. Hofmann, Eve B. Carlson, Frank Enning, Christian Schmahl, Nikolaus Kleindienst

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