Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale.
CDS
- What it measures
- Frequency and duration of depersonalization/derealization experiences over the past 6 months (numbing, anomalous body/subjective-recall experiences, alienation from surroundings)
- Length and format
- 29 (CDS-29); state CDS-2 and short CDS-9 variants. frequency (0-4) x duration (1-6) per item; total combines both; range 0-290 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. DE, ES, IT, FR, JA, FA and others; broadly translated
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Sierra, M., & Berrios, G.E. (2000). The Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale: a new instrument for the measurement of depersonalisation. Psychiatry Research, 93(2), 153-164.
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