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Reading level of the dissociative experiences scale
Author(s) -
Paolo Anthony M.,
Ryan Joseph J.,
Dunn Gary E.,
van Fleet Jay
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199303)49:2<209::aid-jclp2270490212>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , scale (ratio) , eleventh , developmental psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics
Reading difficulty values based upon the Flesch reading grade level and reading ease score (Flesch, 1949) were calculated for the 28 items of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES; Bernstein & Putnam, 1986). Item reading levels ranged from the sixth to more than the thirteenth grade. According to the reading level formula, 43% of the items required at least a high school education. The reading ease estimate suggested that only 1 item required at least 12 years of schooling. Overall, a tenth‐ to eleventh‐grade reading level was required for the entire DES. For persons with confirmed or suspected reading difficulties, interpretation of the DES should be made cautiously.