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Shut-D
Shutdown-Dissoziationsskala
Short abstract
The Shutdown Dissociation Scale was developed as a structured interview to diagnose a possible dissociation tendency. The item generation (15 items) is based on the evolutionary biological principles of the defence cascade model according to Schauer and Elbert (2010). Reliability: The scale shows a high internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha = .89. The retest reliability index is also high (rtt = .93). Validity: A factor analysis revealed indications of a one-dimensional factor structure. Convergent validity was demonstrated with the DES (Bernstein & Putnam, 1986) (r = .86). The shutdown dissociation scale separates patients with different numbers of traumatic experience types and psychopathology from healthy subjects. Furthermore, the scale differentiates diagnosis groups associated with different degrees of trauma burden. The confrontation with traumatic event types with great proximity to the attacker reinforces the occurrence and variety of dissociations (predictive validity). Furthermore, a higher degree of shutdown dissociations is shown in patients with greater symptom burden (PTSB and depression). Norms: Cut-off values are available. Thus, the dissociative subtype according to DSM-5 can be diagnosed with PTSB and a sum value on the shutdown dissociation scale > = 16.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: Shut-D. Shutdown-Dissoziationsskala. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9007117
Citation
Schalinski, I., Schauer, M. & Elbert, T. (2016). Shut-D. Shutdown-Dissoziationsskala [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen deutsch, englisch und norwegisch sowie Durchführungshinweise]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4596
Short information
Short Name Shut-D
English Name Shutdown Dissociation Scale
Authors Schalinski, I., Schauer, M., Elbert, T.
Published in Test archive 2016
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Structured Clinical Interview, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociation
Language versions deu eng
Construct Defense cascade model (Schauer & Elbert, 2010)
Application age 16 years and older
Item number 13 items
Subscales None; tendency to dissociate
Application Time 10-15 min.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = 0.89. Retest reliability: rtt = .93.
Information on factorial structure, convergent validity; mean differences between clinical and non-clinical groups; sensitivity and specificity
None; Reference data: Cut-off values.
Applications Research, Therapy
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Schalinski, I., Schauer, M. & Elbert, T. (2015). The Shutdown Dissociation Scale (Shut-D). European Journal of Psychotraumatology (Online Journal), 6, No. 25652. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0296199
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Contact information
Dr. Inga Schalinski, Dipl.-Psych., Universität Konstanz, Abteilung Klinische Psychologie und Klinische Neuropsychologie, Universitätsstraße 10, D-78464 Konstanz
PD Dr. Maggie Schauer, Universität Konstanz, Leitender Ausschuss Narrative Expositionstherapie, Universitätsstraße 10, D-78464 Konstanz