articlePLoS ONEAug 31, 2010GOLD OA

Psychometric Evaluation of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale (OAV)

ESErich StuderusAGAlex GammaFXFranz X. Vollenweider

University Hospital of Zurich

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BACKGROUND: The OAV questionnaire has been developed to integrate research on altered states of consciousness (ASC). It measures three primary and one secondary dimensions of ASC that are hypothesized to be invariant across ASC induction methods. The OAV rating scale has been in use for more than 20 years and applied internationally in a broad range of research fields, yet its factorial structure has never been tested by structural equation modeling techniques and its psychometric properties have never been examined in large samples of experimentally induced ASC. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The present study conducted a psychometric evaluation of the OAV in a sample of psilocybin (n = 327), ketamine (n =…

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  • Rating scale
  • Scale (ratio)
  • Psychometrics
  • Medicine
  • Clinical psychology
  • Psychology
  • Developmental psychology
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