The Curious Experiences Survey, a revised version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale : Factor structure, reliability, and relations to demographic and personality variables

A revision of the Dissociative Experiences Scale, including 3 new items and a more user-friendly item format, was administered to an adult community sample. Both orthogonal and oblique factor rotations of from 1 to 5 factors provide evidence of the hierarchical structure of self-reported dissociative experiences. Reliabilities are presented for a longer and a shorter Dissociation scale, and for subscales labeled Depersonalization, Absorption, and Amnesia. Also provided are the relations of the total scale and its 3 subscales to gender, age, and education, as well as to a broad and diverse set of personality attributes. The frequency of self-reported dissociative experiences was positively related to measures of Neuroticism (particularly Depression) and Imagination, and negatively related to Conscientiousness (particularly Dutifulness), Agreeableness, and to a lesser extent age. The Dissociation scales and subscales were not related to gender, educational level, or intelligence, nor to vocational interests or self-reported skills. Three subtle measures of dissociation are provided.

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