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Appendix E
Adolescent Dissociative Experiences

Scale-II (A-DES)
Scoring the Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale

Initial validation research reported a mean score of 4.8 for dissociative adolescents (S.D. 1.1). Armstrong et al. (1997) concluded that a score of 3.7 would be
concerning and suggestive of significant dissociation. A Turkish sample found a
mean score of 6.2 among dissociative adolescents (S.D. 1.98), a mean score of
3.94 among adolescents with PTSD (S.D. 1.54), and the non-clinical group, mood
disorders group, and anxiety disorders groups had mean scores hovering around
2.4 (Zoruglu et al., 2002).
References
Armstrong, J., Putnam, F. W., Carlson, E., Libero, D., & Smith, S. (1997). Development
and validation of a measure of adolescent dissociation: The Adolescent Dissociative
Experience Scale. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 185, 491497.
Zoruglu, S. S., Sar, V., Tuzun, U., Tutkun, H., Savas, H. A. (2002) Reliability and validity
of the Turkish version of the adolescent dissociative experiences scale. Psychiatry and
Clinical Neurosciences, 56, 5, 551556.
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Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (A-DES)

Judith Armstrong, PhD
Eve Bernstein Carlson, PhD
Frank Putnam, MD
DIRECTIONS
These questions ask about difference kinds of experiences that happen to people.
For each question, circle the number that tells how much that experience happens
to you. Circle a 0 if it never happens to you, circle a 10 of it is always happening to you. If it happens sometimes but not all of the time, circle a number between 1 and 9 that best describes how often it happens to you. When you answer,
only tell how much these things happen when you HAVE NOT had any alcohol or
drugs.
EXAMPLE:
0
1
(never)
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10
(always)
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Date: ____________________
Age: ______
Sex: M F _____________
1. I get so wrapped up in watching TV, reading, or playing a video game that

I dont have any idea whats going on around me. . . .
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
10
(always)
2. I get back tests or homework that I dont remember doing

0
1
(never)
3. I have strong feelings that dont seem like they are mine.
0
1
(never)
4. I can do something really well one time and then I cant do it at all another
time.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
5. People tell me I do or say things that I dont remember doing or saying.

0
1
(never)
10
(always)
6. I feel like I am in a fog or spaced out and things around me seem unreal.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
7. I get confused about whether I have dones something or only thought about
doing it.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
8. I look at the clock and realize that time has gone by and I cant remember what
has happened.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
9. I hear voices in my head that are not mine.

0
1
(never)
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10. When I am somewhere that I dont want to be, I can go away in my mind.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
11. I am so good at lying and acting that I believe it myself.

0
1
(never)
12. I catch myself waking up in the middle of doing something.

0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
13. I dont recognize myself in the mirror.

0
1
(never)
14. I find myself going somewhere or doing something and I dont know why.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
15. I find myself someplace and I dont remember how I got there.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
16. I have thoughts that dont really seem to belong to me.

0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
17. I find that I can make physical pain go away.

0
1
(never)
18. I cant figure out if things really happened or if I only dreamed or thought
about them.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
19. I find myself doing something that I know is wrong, even when I really dont
want to do it.
0
1
(never)
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10
(always)
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20. People tell that I sometimes act so differently that I seem like a different
person.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
21. It feels like there are walls inside of my mind.

0
1
(never)
22. I find writings, drawings or letters that I must have done but I cant remember
doing.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
23. Something inside of me seems to make me do things that I dont want to do.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
24. I find that I cant tell whether I am just remembering something or if it is

actually happening to me.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
25. I find myself standing outside of my body, watching myself as if I were another person.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
26. My relationships with my family and friends change suddenly and I dont
know why.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
27. I feel like my past is a puzzle and some of the pieces are missing.
0
1
(never)
10
(always)
28. I get so wrapped up in my toys or stuffed animals that they semm alive.
0
1
(never)
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10
(always)
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29. I feel like there are different people inside of me.

0
1
(never)
10
(always)
10
(always)
30. My body feels as if it doesnt belong to me.

0
1
(never)
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Appendix E

Adolescent Dissociative Experiences

Scoring the Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale

Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (A-DES)

1. I get so wrapped up in watching TV, reading, or playing a video game that

2. I get back tests or homework that I dont remember doing

5. People tell me I do or say things that I dont remember doing or saying.

9. I hear voices in my head that are not mine.

11. I am so good at lying and acting that I believe it myself.

12. I catch myself waking up in the middle of doing something.

13. I dont recognize myself in the mirror.

16. I have thoughts that dont really seem to belong to me.

17. I find that I can make physical pain go away.

21. It feels like there are walls inside of my mind.

24. I find that I cant tell whether I am just remembering something or if it is

29. I feel like there are different people inside of me.

30. My body feels as if it doesnt belong to me.

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