Dissociative experiences and their correlates in young non‐patients

Modestin, Jiří; Lötscher, Katharina C. Quack; Erni, Thomas

doi:10.1348/147608302169544

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“…Furthermore, alexithymia is associated with various psychiatric disorders, including eating disorder, dissociation, and substance abuse [9,15,16]. However, no previous study, to the best of our knowledge, has investigated the association between adjustment disorder and alexithymia.…”

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Alexithymia as a Screening Index for Male Conscripts with Adjustment Disorder

Chen

et al. 2010

Psychiatr Q

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This study investigated both whether alexithymia is a predictor for mental health and adjustment disorder, and its pathway relationships. Total of 158 young male conscripts diagnosed with adjustment disorder and another 155 young normal male controls were enrolled. Structural equation modeling showed, parental bonding influence personality, then affects alexithymic traits, and then affects mental health, finally further develop adjustment disorder. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) found the optimal cutoff point for screening of adjustment disorder using DIF of the TAS-20 was 21/22, resulting in a sensitivity of 0.84, specificity of 0.87, PPV of 0.87, and NPV of 0.84. The DIF of alexithymia can be used as a screening index for adjustment disorder. With the high degree of association between alexithymia and other psychiatric disorders, especially in those relatively lacking in the ability to empathize, future studies should investigate whether DIF can be generalizable to the screening of other empathy-related and psychiatric disorders.

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Alexithymia as a Screening Index for Male Conscripts with Adjustment Disorder

Chen

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“…Adolescence has been proposed as a transition period for many basic psychological processes including dissociation 3 . Recently alexithymia has been investigated as a possible predictor of dissociative tendencies 4–10 . Although an enhanced coexistence has been found between dissociation and alexithymia, studies indicate that they are two distinct phenomena 7 .…”

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Alexithymia and dissociative tendencies in an adolescent sample from Eastern Turkey

Sayar

Köse

Grabe

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Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Alexithymia and dissociative reactions are two strategies that have been put forward as coping mechanisms to alleviate painful emotions. Adult studies reveal an association between alexithymia and dissociation. In line with the coping hypothesis, it was predicted that the relationship between alexithymia and dissociative tendencies would be partly mediated by current levels of stress and past traumatic experiences. Dissociation may also be related to enhanced fantasizing, although alexithymia has traditionally been associated with an incapacity to fantasize. This relationship has not been studied well in adolescents. In the present study, 173 randomly selected high school students from Eastern Turkey were assessed with the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Beck Depression and Anxiety inventories, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Correlation analyses followed by stepwise regression analyses were performed. 'Difficulty identifying feelings' subscale of Toronto Alexithymia Scale, anxiety level and the history of physical abuse emerged as predictors of dissociative tendencies. It seems that in this group, dissociation is associated with anxiety and with difficulty in identifying feelings. Physical abuse also contributes to dissociation. The adolescent who is alexithymic may be more prone to dissociation when compared to their non-alexithymic peers. Helping alexithymic adolescents describe their body experiences may decrease their tendency to dissociation by increasing their ability to verbally identify their stressors.

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“…Putnam (1997) analyzed the potential moderating roles of age, gender, culture, genetic factors, and education/intelligence and although moderating trends were found for some of these variables, existing research has not convincingly demonstrated that any of these variables significantly influence dissociation. In contrast, research has revealed a number of family environmental factors significantly associated with dissociation, including level of family risk (Malinosky-Rummel & Hoier, 1991), lack of parental care and warmth (Mann & Sanders, 1994; Modestin et al, 2002). inconsistent discipline (Braun & Sachs, 1985; Mann & Sanders, 1994), parental control (Modestin et al, 2002), and poor relationship between parents (Maaranen et al, 2004).…”

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“…In contrast, research has revealed a number of family environmental factors significantly associated with dissociation, including level of family risk (Malinosky-Rummel & Hoier, 1991), lack of parental care and warmth (Mann & Sanders, 1994; Modestin et al, 2002). inconsistent discipline (Braun & Sachs, 1985; Mann & Sanders, 1994), parental control (Modestin et al, 2002), and poor relationship between parents (Maaranen et al, 2004). All of these family factors are also associated with abusive environments (Wolfe, 1985).…”

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Quality of Early Care and Childhood Trauma

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Holmes

et al. 2009

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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Kihlstrom (2005) has recently called attention to the need for prospective longitudinal studies of dissociation. The present study assesses quality of early care and childhood trauma as predictors of dissociation in a sample of fifty-six low income young adults followed from infancy to age 19. Dissociation was assessed with the Dissociative Experiences Scale; quality of early care was assessed by observer ratings of mother-infant interaction at home and in the lab; and childhood trauma was indexed by state-documented maltreatment, self-report, and interviewer ratings of participants’ narratives. Regression analysis indicated that dissociation in young adulthood was significantly predicted by observed lack of parental responsiveness in infancy, while childhood verbal abuse was the only type of trauma that added to the prediction of dissociation. Implications are discussed in the context of previous prospective work also pointing to the important contribution of parental emotional unresponsiveness in the development of dissociation.

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Dissociative experiences and their correlates in young non‐patients

Cited by 46 publications

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Alexithymia as a Screening Index for Male Conscripts with Adjustment Disorder

Alexithymia as a Screening Index for Male Conscripts with Adjustment Disorder

Alexithymia and dissociative tendencies in an adolescent sample from Eastern Turkey

Quality of Early Care and Childhood Trauma

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