Abstract
This paper reports on the use of a screening instrument for dissociative behaviors in two separate, but related-studies. Study 1 examined the concurrent validity of the Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) in a sample of children and adolescents for which no efforts were made to separate youngsters by history of abuse. Concurrent validity of the CDC was studied in relation to an accepted measure of general behavior problems, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Results indicate significant, positive correlations between CDC raw scores and CBCL Externalizing (EXT), Internalizing (INT), and Total (TOT) T scores for males (p < .005). For females, the CDC correlated significantly and positively with CBCL INT (p < .05) and TOT T (p < .01) scores, but not with the EXT T score. Significant and positive correlations for males were obtained between all specific CBCL factors and the CDC (all p < .005). For females. CDC scores correlated significantly with specific internalizing factors purported to measure depression...
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