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A potential problem with the response format of the dissociative experiences scale: A significant correlation with intelligence among combat veterans with PTSD

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  1. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina

    B. Christopher Frueh

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 29401-5799, Charleston, South Carolina

    B. Christopher Frueh

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 29401-5799, Charleston, South Carolina

    Diane E. Johnson

  4. University of Arkansas, 72701, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    Daniel W. Smith

  5. University of Alabama-Birmingham, 35294, Birmingham, Alabama

    Mark A. Williams

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Frueh, B.C., Johnson, D.E., Smith, D.W. et al. A potential problem with the response format of the dissociative experiences scale: A significant correlation with intelligence among combat veterans with PTSD. J Trauma Stress 9, 651–656 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02103674

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