Journal des troubles de stress traumatique et de leur traitement

Preliminary Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the German Version of the State Scale of Dissociation (SSD)

Mueller-Pfeiffer C and Wittmann L

Preliminary Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the German Version of the State Scale of Dissociation (SSD)

According to a new definition proposed by Spiegel and colleagues for DSM-V, dissociation is a “disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal, subjective integration of one or more aspects of psychological functioning, including - but not limited to - memory, identity, consciousness, perception, and motor control. In essence, aspects of psychobiological functioning that should be associated, coordinated, and/or linked are not… Dissociative symptoms are characterized by (a) unbidden and unpleasant intrusions into awareness and behavior, with accompanying losses of continuity in subjective experience: (i.e., ‘positive’ dissociative symptoms); and/or (b) an inability to access information or to control mental functions that normally are readily amenable to access or control: (i.e., ‘negative’ dissociative symptoms’)”.