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Dissociation In Non-clinical And Clinical Sample Of Czech Adolescents. Reliability And Validity Of The Czech Version Of The Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J. Soukup ,
H. Papežová ,
A.A. Kuběna  and
V. Mikolajová
J. Soukup*
Affiliation:
Dependency Treatment Center, General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
H. Papežová
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Clinic, 1st Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
A.A. Kuběna
Affiliation:
Department of Social & Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Department of Philosophy & History of Science, School of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
V. Mikolajová
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry Clinic, 2nd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
*
*Corresponding author. Oddeleni lecby zavislosti VFN, Apolinarska 4, 120 00, Prague, Czech Republic. Tel.: +420 602 342 426. E-mail address: honzasoukup@yahoo.com (J. Soukup).
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Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the Czech language version of the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES) [2].

Method

653 non-clinical participants and 162 adolescent psychiatric inpatients completed Czech versions of the A-DES and the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), and provided further information (data regarding demographic variables, diagnoses, further psychopathology).

Results

The Czech A-DES has very good internal consistency, test-retest reliability and a good validity, though its predictive power is limited. The ADES scores significantly correlate with the measure of somatoform dissociation, a presence of clinician-observed dissociative symptoms, reported traumatic experiences, self injurious behavior, and polysymptomatic diagnostic picture. A-DES scores were significantly higher in ADHD group, but not in a group with a diagnosis of a dissociative disorder.

Conclusion

The authors stress that all adolescent psychiatric patients who show more complex behavioral disturbances, have histories of trauma, show self-injurious behaviors or have ADHD diagnosis should be screened for dissociation.

Keywords

A-DESDissociationADHDAdolescentsIntercultural
Type
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , November 2010 , pp. 390 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2019

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