Return to the
Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) page
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dissociative Experiences Scales (DES)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 04-27-2018
last updated: 11-08-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 11-08-2019 Millisecond Software
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
BACKGROUND INFO
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This script implements a computerized version of the Dissociative Experiences Scales (DES)
Bernstein EM, Putnam FW (1986). "Development, reliability, and validity of a dissociation scale". J.
Nerv. Ment. Dis. 174 (12): 727–35.
Frischholz, E.J. et al The dissociative experiences scale: further replication and validation.
Dissociation, Vol. III, September 1990.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OVERVIEW
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
28 slider response questions (range: 0-100), self-report
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DURATION
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5 minutes to complete
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DATA FILE INFORMATION
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'des.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values: chosen percentage point on slider)
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'des_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
DESscore: mean score of all 28 items (Range: 0 - 100)
numberOfEndorsedItems: number of questions with a response > 0
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
see section SURVEYPAGES. Editable Instructions are provided as /captions for each surveypage.