[Validation study of the dissociative experiences scale in Spanish population sample]

Bernstein and Putnam's Dissociative Experiences Scale is a standarized, often validated instrument, useful in the screening of dissociative symptoms. We applied the scale in a Spenish population sample in order to obtain baseline data regarding dissociative experiences in our country. On the other hand, we persued a transcultural validation of the scale. We found in our sample similar data as those obtained in other American and European studies, although Spanish psychiatric patients seem to have a notable difficulty in handling with the concept of "amount of time" used in the scale as a cuantification of the different dissociative experiences.