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Annals of General Psychiatry
Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Primary research

Validation of the Italian version of the dissociative experience scale for adolescents and young adults

Authors: Concetta De Pasquale, Federica Sciacca, Zira Hichy

Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

The Dissociative Experience Scale for adolescent (A-DES), a 30-item, multidimensional, self-administered questionnaire, was validated using a large sample of American young people sample. We reported the linguistic validation process and the metric validity of the Italian version of A-DES in the Italy.

Methods

A set of questionnaires was provided to a total of 633 participants from March 2015 to April 2016. The participants consisted of 282 boys and 351 girls, and their average age was between 18 and 24 years old. The translation process consisted of two consecutive steps: forward–backward translation and acceptability testing. The psychometric testing was applied to Italian students who were recruited from the Italian Public Schools and Universities in Sicily. Informed consent was obtained from all participants at the research. All individuals completed the A-DES. Reliability and validity were tested.

Results

The translated version was validated on a total of 633 Italian students. The reliability of A-DES total is .926. It is composed by 4 subscales: Dissociative amnesia, Absorption and imaginative involvement, Depersonalization and derealization, and Passive influence. The reliability of each subscale is: .756 for dissociative amnesia, .659 for absorption and imaginative involvement, .850 for depersonalization and derealization, and .743 for passive influence.

Conclusions

The Italian version of the A-DES constitutes a useful instrument to measure dissociative experience in adolescents and young adults in Italy.
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Metadata
Title
Validation of the Italian version of the dissociative experience scale for adolescents and young adults
Authors
Concetta De Pasquale
Federica Sciacca
Zira Hichy
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Annals of General Psychiatry / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0120-4

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