Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC)

The child dissociative checklist (CDC) is a tool that compiles observations by an adult observer regarding a child’s behaviors.

Resource Abstract

“The child dissociative checklist (CDC) is a tool that compiles observations by an adult observer regarding a child’s behaviors on a 20-item list. Behaviors that occur in the present and for the past 12 months are included. As a research tool, the CDC can quantify dissociative behavior for dimensional approaches and can generate cutoff scores that categorize children into low and high dissociation groups. Research shows that healthy nonmaltreated normal children usually score low on the CDC, with younger
children scoring slightly higher. As a group, maltreated children score higher than those with no trauma history; however, as a group they still score substantially lower than children diagnosed with a dissociative disorder. Generally, scores of 12 or more can be considered tentative indications of sustained pathological dissociation.”

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Open Access

Putnam, F. W. (2014). Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) [Appendix]. In C. A. Courtois & J. D. Ford (Eds.), Treatment of complex trauma: A sequenced, relationship-based approach (Appendix 2). Springer Publishing. https://connect.springerpub.com/binary/sgrworks/c2ee84d41c5e6e01/0ad7a6446a683d01d53a63ff81fa4682f3b8708b7ebd71d74b487cbcf083ef9b/9780826199645_ap02.pdf