French translation of the Cambridge Depersonalization scale
Christophe Lopez, Maya Elzière
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Translation and cultural adaptation study |
|---|---|
| Measures | Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (CDS) |
| Key points | Presents a French translation and cultural adaptation of the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale, addressing what the authors describe as a gap given that no French version previously existed for a language used daily by over 200 million people. The abstract reports no validation results for the new French version. |
Abstract
The Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (CDS) developed by Sierra and Berrios in 2000 allows to draw a comprehensive overview of the clinical symptoms pertaining to depersonalization-derealization disorders and to measure the frequency and duration of these symptoms. The CDS was validated in patients suffering from depersonalization-derealization disorders. The CDS shows high internal consistency and good reliability and has been subjected to exploratory factor analysis in psychiatric populations, in trauma-exposed college students, as well as in the general population for a short form of the CDS. The CDS has already been translated and culturally adapted to Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese. However, there is no French version of the CDS available, which may concern over 200 million locutors using French language daily. Here we present the translation and adaption of the CDS in French.
Citations in the library
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- Unpacking the depersonalization syndrome: an exploratory factor analysis on the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale Psychological Medicine October 1, 2005