616 responses from 88 respondents to 7 items.
One of 7 tables from the same source; this one measures Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale – DSM-5 (German PDS-5). The others are listed under Related tables.
| Description | Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale – DSM-5 (German PDS-5): Assesses trauma exposure and PTSD symptom severity across intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal clusters over the past month |
|---|---|
| Reference | Heekerens, J. B., Biermann, M., Mocarz-Kleindienst, M., Vonderlin, R., Lyssenko, L., Hofmann, V. X., ... & Kleindienst, N. (2025). The Dissociative Symptoms Scale (DSS): Psychometric properties of scores on a German version in clinical samples. Psychological Assessment. |
| DOI | 10.1037/pas0001432 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://zenodo.org/records/14984624 |
| Responses | 616 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 88 |
| Items | 7 |
| Response categories | 5 |
| Responses per respondent | 7 |
| Responses per item | 88 |
| Density | 1 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
|---|---|
| sample | Clinical |
| construct type | Affective/mental health |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | ger |
| construct name | Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale – DSM-5 (German PDS-5) |
This codebook is reconstructed by the IRW from the IRW data standard. It is our best reading, not the source’s own codebook, and it may contain mistakes. Where the two disagree, the source data are the authority. If you find an error, please tell us.
| Column | What it is | Source column |
|---|---|---|
| IRW standard columns | ||
id | IRW standard Identifier for the focal unit being measured — typically a person, but sometimes another entity (e.g., a word in a lexical task). | not traced |
item | IRW standard Item identifier. | not traced |
resp | IRW standard Response value. | not traced |
What item codes and covariate values stand for is in the codebook released with the source data.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("heekerens2025_pds")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("heekerens2025_pds")
@article{Heekerens_2026, title={The Dissociative Symptoms Scale (DSS): Psychometric properties of scores on a German version in clinical samples.}, volume={38}, ISSN={1040-3590}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001432}, DOI={10.1037/pas0001432}, number={1}, journal={Psychological Assessment}, publisher={American Psychological Association (APA)}, author={Heekerens, Johannes B. and Biermann, Miriam and Mocarz-Kleindienst, Maria and Vonderlin, Ruben and Lyssenko, Lisa and Hofmann, Valerie X. C. and Carlson, Eve B. and Enning, Frank and Schmahl, Christian and Kleindienst, Nikolaus}, year={2026}, month=jan, pages={e1–e15} }
| IRW version | v566 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_2 v33.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/6m04-m698 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v33.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v43.0 |