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Assessment Research
Research in the area of assessment research reported from M.A. Ruiz and colleagues
January 10th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "The authors examined the psychometric properties, factor structure, and construct validity of the Dissociative Experiences Scale ( DES) in a large offender sample (N = 1,515). Although the DES is widely used with community and clinical samples, minimal work has examined offender samples." "Participants were administered self-report and interview measures, and a subsample was followed longitudinally to determine criminal and violent recidivism. The DES exhibited good psychometric properties, but an identified three-factor structure was of questionable replicability. Moreover, the DES factors displayed no evidence of...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-01-10)
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