Cross-validation of the ego dissolution scale: implications for studying psychedelics.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ego dissolution, variously called Ego-Loss, self-loss, and ego disintegration, is a hallmark of psychedelic drug use. We cross-validated the 10-item Ego Dissolution Scale, which we developed to assess ego dissolution in everyday life, and we included comparator variables that expanded our original assessment of construct validity.

Methods

Undergraduate college student volunteers (N = 527) completed the measures online.

Results

We replicated the original two factor structure (i.e., subfactors: Ego-Loss and Unity/connectedness with others, the world, universe), and we determined that the total score (Cronbach's α = 0.79) and subfactors (Ego-Loss = 78; Unity = 0.83) possessed adequate-to-good reliability and strong convergent validity (e.g., mindfulne

SUBMITTER: Lynn SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729006 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature