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Development, reliability, and validity of a child dissociation scale

F W Putnam1, K Helmers, P K Trickett

  • 1Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20982.

Child Abuse & Neglect
|November 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

The Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) is a new, reliable, and valid tool for assessing childhood dissociation. This observer-rated measure helps identify dissociation in children, aiding clinical screening and research.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Dissociation is a complex psychophysiological process with a spectrum from normal experiences to psychopathology.
  • High levels of dissociation correlate with self-destructive behaviors and other symptoms.
  • Existing validated dissociation measures are for adults, not children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a reliable and valid observer-report measure for childhood dissociation.
  • To address the need for a standardized assessment tool for children experiencing dissociation.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) as an observer-report measure.
  • Assessed 1-year test-retest reliability in a sample of normal and sexually abused girls.

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  • Evaluated discriminant validity across diverse clinical and non-clinical groups.

    • Main Results:

    • The CDC demonstrated good 1-year test-retest reliability (rho = .69).
    • The CDC showed high discriminant validity across groups including normal controls, sexually abused girls, and children with dissociative disorders.
    • The measure is suitable for screening and research purposes.

    Conclusions:

    • The Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing dissociation in children.
    • The CDC can be utilized as a clinical screening instrument and a research measure.
    • The CDC is not intended as a diagnostic tool.