Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire-20.
SDQ-20
Severity of somatoform (bodily) dissociation - anesthesia, motor inhibitions, pain, perceptual alterations
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 20 items. 5-point applicability Likert (1 not at all - 5 extremely), with medical-cause check (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. NO, PL, PT, ES, SV, TR and others (free eLibrary); English version available
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Nijenhuis, E.R.S., et al. (1996). The development and psychometric characteristics of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 184(11), 688-694.
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