I don't have legal access to this document:

Dittrich, A. (1998). The standardized psychometric assessment of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) in humans. Pharmacopsychiatry.

Try U.Hamburg online resources...Good luck.

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2007-979351

http://www.psychology.uzh.ch/index.html

Thank you for your answer. I got it meanwhile from one of the administrators. :-)

Hello Dr. Thiebes, 

I gave it a good look through all my sources but, the long form of this particular assessment is well hidden. I was going to suggest emailing them, but I figured you would think of that on your own.

If you would like to share the survey, I'd be happy to look at it. :)

Good luck!

Daryn

Here is the link to the viewable form but if you need something that will not take 11 pages of paper to print out follow the directions below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14BYNlka_FG3cB5rXYOq-iLOtxupMVe_sE06c56MuXDM/edit?usp=sharing

I have the 5D-ASC in the form of an online google survey form for anyone else that wishes to use it paperless. Send me a personal message if you need it and tell me a little bit about your research too! -- Cheers! -- 

Dear researchers, 

I have the version with 91 questions and analog-rating-scale without numbers. But unfortunately I do not have the handbook that describes how to calculate it. Anyone would send me an instruction guideline? 

I found it by simply entering into Google 5d-asc scoring:

Scoring for the 5D-ASC

11 validated subscales by Studerus et al., 2012 - scales of the OAV

1 Experience of Unity 5D-ASC: 18, 34, 41, 42, 52

2 Spiritual Experience  5D-ASC: 9, 81, 94

3 Blissful State  5D-ASC: 12, 86, 91

4 Insightfulness  5D-ASC: 50, 69, 77

5 Disembodiment 5D-ASC: 26, 62, 63

6 Impaired Control and Cognition 5D-ASC: 8, 27, 38, 47, 64, 67, 78

7 Anxiety 5D-ASC: 32, 43, 44, 46, 56, 89

8 Complex Imagery 5D-ASC: 39, 79, 82

9 Elementary Imagery 5D-ASC: 14, 22, 33

10) Audio-Visual Synesthesiae 5D-ASC: 14, 22, 33

11) Changed Meaning of Percepts  5D-ASC: 14, 22, 33

1) Experience of Unity

5D-ASC:

18 - everything seemed to unify into an oneness

34.  I felt one with my surroundings.

41 - I experienced a touch of eternity.

42 - Conflicts and contradictions seemed to dissolve.

52 - I experienced past, present, and future as a oneness.

2) Spiritual Experience

5D-ASC:

9 - I felt connected to a higher power.

81 - I experienced a kind of awe.

94 - My experience had religious aspects to it.

3) Blissful State

5D-ASC:

12 - I experienced boundless pleasure.

86 - I experienced profound inner peace.

91 - I experienced an all-embracing love.

4) Insightfulness

5D-ASC:

50 - I felt very profound.

69 - I had insights into connections that had previously puzzled me.

77 - I had very original thoughts.

5) Disembodiment

5D-ASC:

26 - . I felt as if I no longer had a body.

62 - I had the impression I was out of my body.

63 - I felt as if I was floating.

6) Impaired Control and Cognition

5D-ASC:

8, I felt like a puppet or marionette.

27, I felt incapable of making even the smallest decision.

38, I had difficulties in distinguishing important from unimportant.

47, I felt as if I were paralyzed.

64, I felt isolated from everything and everyone.

67, I was not able to complete a thought; my thoughts repeatedly became disconnected.

78 I had the feeling that I no longer had my own will.

7) Anxiety

5D-ASC:

32, I was afraid that the state I was in would last forever.

43, I was scared without knowing exactly why.

44, I experienced everything as frighteningly distorted.

46, I experienced my surroundings as strange and weird.

56, I felt threatened.

89 I had the feeling that something terrible was going to happen.

8) Complex Imagery

5D-ASC:

39, . I saw whole scenes roll by with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

72. I could see images from my memory or imagination with extreme clarity.

82 My imagination was extremely vivid.

9) Elementary Imagery

5D-ASC:

14, . I saw regular patterns with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

22, . I saw colors with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

33 I saw brightness or flashes of light with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

10) Audio-Visual Synesthesiae

5D-ASC:

20, . Sounds seemed to influence what I saw.

23, Shapes seemed to be changed by sounds or noises.

75 The colors of things seemed to be altered by sounds or noises.

11) Changed Meaning of Percepts

5D-ASC:

28, Some everyday things acquired special meaning.

31, Things in my environment had a new strange meaning.

54 Objects in my surroundings engaged me emotionally much more than usual.

5 Main Scales

1) Oceanic Boundlessness - OB (Ozeanische Selbstentgrenzung - OSE):

27 Items total, added scores from all subscales

OB Subscale 1: Positive Derealization

7 items: 1, 9, 18, 34, 57, 71, 87

OB Subscale 2: Positive Depersonalization

5 items: 16, 26, 62, 63

OB Subscale 3: Altered Perception of Time and Space

3 items:  36, 41, 52

… (Missing key for Subscales 4 (positive mood), and 5 (mania-like experience)).

2) Anxious Ego Dissociation - AED (Angstvolle Ich-Auflosung - AIA):

21 items total, added scores from all subscales

AED Subscale 1: Negative Derealization

6 items: 21, 43, 44, 46, 64, 85

AED Subscale 2: Thought Disorder

4 items: 27, 38, 67, 88

AED Subscale 3: Paranoid Ideation

3 items" 6, 56, 89

…(Missing key for Subscales 4 (fear of loss of self control), and 5 (fear of loss of body control)).

3) Visual Restructuralization - VR (Visuelle Umstrukturierung – VUS)

18 items total, added scores from all subscales

VR Subscale 1: Simple Hallucinations

4 items:  14, 22, 33, 83

VR Subscale 2: Complex Hallucinations

2 items: 7, 39

VR Subscale 3:  Synesthesia

3 items: 20, 23, 75

…(Missing key for Subscales 4 (changed meaning of percepts), 5 (facilitated recollection), and 6 (facilitated imagination).

4) Auditory Alterations – AA (Auditive Veranderungen – AVE)

15 items:  4, 5, 11, 13, 19, 25, 30, 48, 49, 55, 65, 74, 76, 92, 93

5) Reduction of Vigilance – RV (Vigilanz-Reduktion – VR)

12 items: 2, 10, 15, 17, 24, 29, 37, 51, 59, 61, 68, 84

Stephanie, do you know how to score the total ASC score? Thanks

Of note, the items are worded differently in the Google Docs version of the 5D-ASC posted in this thread than Studerus et al., 2010, PLoS One. So, caution is warranted. If it were me, I would go with the 42 items listed by Studerus: Article Psychometric Evaluation of the Altered States of Consciousne...

Arne Dietrich best.

Erich Studerus confused.)))

Hi Everyone, did anyone manage to find the original score key for the 5D-ASC? I am finding it impossible! The one mentioned above is missing information. I am interested in the one with the 5 dimensions, more so than the 11 sub scales. Thanks in advance.

Hello, do you know if a French version of this questionnaire is available ?