The adolescent dissociative experiences scale: Psychometric properties anddifference in scores across age groups

Adolescence is thought to be a key developmental period for dissociative pr ocesses. However, there has been little empirical investigation of dissocia tion in adolescence. This paper reports the results of a study (N = 768) th at investigated the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES) and compares dissociation scores across the adole scent age range (11 to 16 years). The A-DES had good internal reliability a nd a one-factor solution. No significant age or gender differences in A-DES scores were found. The implications of these findings for future research and theory are outlined.